| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 218.7.30.196.in-addr.arpa. | . | (c,h,m,l,k,e,g,i,d,j,a,b,f).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 218.7.30.196.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (f,d,a,c,b,e).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 218.7.30.196.in-addr.arpa. | 196.in-addr.arpa. | ns2.afrinic.net. ns1.afrinic.net. sec1.apnic.net. sec1.authdns.ripe.net. tinnie.arin.net. sec3.apnic.net. ns2.lacnic.net. |
| 4 | 218.7.30.196.in-addr.arpa. | 30.196.in-addr.arpa. | auth210.ns.uu.net. ns2.iafrica.com. ns1.iafrica.com. auth200.ns.uu.net. |
| 5 | 218.7.30.196.in-addr.arpa. | 7.30.196.in-addr.arpa. | (ns2,ns1).iafrica.com. |
We pick