| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 17.216.61.204.in-addr.arpa. | . | (k,g,f,b,a,j,c,d,h,e,i,m,l).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 17.216.61.204.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (d,e,c,b,f,a).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 17.216.61.204.in-addr.arpa. | 204.in-addr.arpa. | (z,v,t,w,u,y,dill,x).arin.net. |
| 4 | 17.216.61.204.in-addr.arpa. | 216.61.204.in-addr.arpa. | ns.anycast.woodynet.net. ns1.woodynet.net. |
We pick