| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 4.225.228.207.in-addr.arpa. | . | (d,e,j,i,g,b,k,a,h,m,f,c,l).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 4.225.228.207.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (d,c,e,b,f,a).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 4.225.228.207.in-addr.arpa. | 207.in-addr.arpa. | (v,w,x,r,t,u,z,y).arin.net. |
| 4 | 4.225.228.207.in-addr.arpa. | 225.228.207.in-addr.arpa. | (ns1,ns2,ns5,ns4,ns6,ns3).hopone.net. |
We pick