| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 7.209.16.204.in-addr.arpa. | . | (g,k,l,c,f,b,j,h,a,e,i,m,d).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 7.209.16.204.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (f,b,e,d,c,a).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 7.209.16.204.in-addr.arpa. | 204.in-addr.arpa. | (v,z,t,w,r,y,u,x).arin.net. |
| 4 | 7.209.16.204.in-addr.arpa. | 209.16.204.in-addr.arpa. | (dns6,dns2,dns4,dns1,dns5,dns3).ciscoeos.com. |
We pick