| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 70.127.239.216.in-addr.arpa. | . | (b,e,h,g,a,c,f,j,d,k,m,i,l).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 70.127.239.216.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (e,d,a,f,b,c).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 70.127.239.216.in-addr.arpa. | 216.in-addr.arpa. | (r,z,v,t,w,x,y,u).arin.net. |
| 4 | 70.127.239.216.in-addr.arpa. | 127.239.216.in-addr.arpa. | (ns2,ns,ns3).cnet.com. |
We pick