| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 21.38.239.216.in-addr.arpa. | . | (b,c,l,k,h,m,f,e,a,j,g,d,i).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 21.38.239.216.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (a,d,c,f,e,b).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 21.38.239.216.in-addr.arpa. | 216.in-addr.arpa. | (z,y,u,x,t,r,w,v).arin.net. |
| 4 | 21.38.239.216.in-addr.arpa. | 38.239.216.in-addr.arpa. | (ns3,ns4,ns2,ns1).google.com. |
We pick