| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 31.178.52.192.in-addr.arpa. | . | (a,c,j,g,i,m,d,f,k,h,l,b,e).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 31.178.52.192.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (a,e,c,d,b,f).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 31.178.52.192.in-addr.arpa. | 192.in-addr.arpa. | (t,r,x,z,u,y,v,w).arin.net. |
| 4 | 31.178.52.192.in-addr.arpa. | 178.52.192.in-addr.arpa. | (l2,d2,e2,c2).nstld.com. |
We pick