| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 250.93.78.208.in-addr.arpa. | . | (d,a,f,m,e,c,b,h,g,j,k,l,i).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 250.93.78.208.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (f,e,b,c,a,d).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 250.93.78.208.in-addr.arpa. | 208.in-addr.arpa. | (v,x,w,r,z,t,u,y).arin.net. |
| 4 | 250.93.78.208.in-addr.arpa. | 93.78.208.in-addr.arpa. | (ns3,ns2,ns4,ns1).c2dns.com. |
We pick