| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 31.162.41.192.in-addr.arpa. | . | (i,l,a,d,b,e,f,h,c,k,m,g,j).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 31.162.41.192.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (f,e,c,b,a,d).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 31.162.41.192.in-addr.arpa. | 192.in-addr.arpa. | (x,t,z,w,y,r,v,u).arin.net. |
| 4 | 31.162.41.192.in-addr.arpa. | 162.41.192.in-addr.arpa. | (e2,c2,d2,l2).nstld.com. |
We pick