| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 183.183.253.199.in-addr.arpa. | . | (j,c,h,f,d,g,m,i,b,a,l,k,e).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 183.183.253.199.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (f,a,d,e,b,c).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 183.183.253.199.in-addr.arpa. | 199.in-addr.arpa. | (t,x,v,w,z,y,r,u).arin.net. |
| 4 | 183.183.253.199.in-addr.arpa. | 183.253.199.in-addr.arpa. | c.iana-servers.net. b.iana-servers.net. ns.icann.org. a.iana-servers.net. |
We pick