| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 1.192.172.199.in-addr.arpa. | . | (g,d,i,c,f,k,j,l,a,m,h,e,b).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 1.192.172.199.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (c,b,a,d,e,f).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 1.192.172.199.in-addr.arpa. | 172.199.in-addr.arpa. | (auth00,auth50).ns.uu.net. |
| 4 | 1.192.172.199.in-addr.arpa. | 192.172.199.in-addr.arpa. | (ns1,ns2).ibl.bm. |
We pick