| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 222.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa. | . | (h,i,b,c,j,e,a,l,m,g,d,k,f).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 222.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (a,f,b,c,e,d).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 222.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa. | 192.in-addr.arpa. | (r,y,u,w,z,x,t,v).arin.net. |
| 4 | 222.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa. | 168.192.in-addr.arpa. | (blackhole-2,blackhole-1).iana.org. |
We pick