| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 10.34.239.216.in-addr.arpa. | . | (h,g,m,l,a,e,f,b,c,d,k,i,j).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 10.34.239.216.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (d,c,f,b,a,e).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 10.34.239.216.in-addr.arpa. | 216.in-addr.arpa. | (z,w,t,y,x,r,u,v).arin.net. |
| 4 | 10.34.239.216.in-addr.arpa. | 34.239.216.in-addr.arpa. | (ns1,ns2,ns3,ns4).google.com. |
We pick