| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 131.69.79.194.in-addr.arpa. | . | (a,b,e,i,j,l,c,k,m,g,d,f,h).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 131.69.79.194.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (f,d,a,e,b,c).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 131.69.79.194.in-addr.arpa. | 194.in-addr.arpa. | ns3.nic.fr. sec1.apnic.net. tinnie.arin.net. sec3.apnic.net. pri.authdns.ripe.net. sns-pb.isc.org. |
| 4 | 131.69.79.194.in-addr.arpa. | 69.79.194.in-addr.arpa. | (ns,ns2).ip.pt. |
We pick