| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 10.32.239.216.in-addr.arpa. | . | (j,d,i,f,l,g,b,a,k,c,e,h,m).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 10.32.239.216.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (c,f,d,e,a,b).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 10.32.239.216.in-addr.arpa. | 216.in-addr.arpa. | (r,t,y,u,w,x,z,v).arin.net. |
| 4 | 10.32.239.216.in-addr.arpa. | 32.239.216.in-addr.arpa. | (ns2,ns4,ns3,ns1).google.com. |
We pick