| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 81.199.251.205.in-addr.arpa. | . | (j,a,g,b,k,f,c,d,m,h,l,e,i).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 81.199.251.205.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (d,a,f,c,b,e).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 81.199.251.205.in-addr.arpa. | 205.in-addr.arpa. | (v,u,y,r,x,z,w,t).arin.net. |
| 4 | 81.199.251.205.in-addr.arpa. | 199.251.205.in-addr.arpa. | (ns-3,ns-1,ns-2).amazon.com. |
We pick