| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 30.51.35.192.in-addr.arpa. | . | (d,k,l,g,j,f,h,c,i,b,e,m,a).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 30.51.35.192.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (d,f,c,b,a,e).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 30.51.35.192.in-addr.arpa. | 192.in-addr.arpa. | (w,v,y,x,r,z,t,u).arin.net. |
| 4 | 30.51.35.192.in-addr.arpa. | 51.35.192.in-addr.arpa. | (e2,l2,d2,c2).nstld.com. |
We pick