| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 21.32.239.216.in-addr.arpa. | . | (d,j,b,k,e,f,i,a,c,m,h,g,l).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 21.32.239.216.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (a,d,f,b,c,e).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 21.32.239.216.in-addr.arpa. | 216.in-addr.arpa. | (r,t,x,w,z,u,v,y).arin.net. |
| 4 | 21.32.239.216.in-addr.arpa. | 32.239.216.in-addr.arpa. | (ns1,ns3,ns2,ns4).google.com. |
We pick