| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 121.145.85.209.in-addr.arpa. | . | (k,j,h,a,b,i,d,g,e,l,m,c,f).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 121.145.85.209.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (d,b,c,e,a,f).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 121.145.85.209.in-addr.arpa. | 209.in-addr.arpa. | (v,r,t,z,w,x,u,y).arin.net. |
| 4 | 121.145.85.209.in-addr.arpa. | 145.85.209.in-addr.arpa. | (ns3,ns2,ns1,ns4).google.com. |
We pick