| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 21.36.239.216.in-addr.arpa. | . | (f,c,i,h,g,m,j,d,b,e,a,k,l).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 21.36.239.216.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (d,a,b,f,e,c).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 21.36.239.216.in-addr.arpa. | 216.in-addr.arpa. | (w,v,u,z,x,t,r,y).arin.net. |
| 4 | 21.36.239.216.in-addr.arpa. | 36.239.216.in-addr.arpa. | (ns2,ns3,ns1,ns4).google.com. |
We pick