| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 31.147.26.217.in-addr.arpa. | . | (k,l,m,h,a,j,b,d,f,g,i,c,e).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 31.147.26.217.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (a,c,f,d,e,b).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 31.147.26.217.in-addr.arpa. | 217.in-addr.arpa. | ns3.nic.fr. sec3.apnic.net. sec1.apnic.net. pri.authdns.ripe.net. sns-pb.isc.org. tinnie.arin.net. |
| 4 | 31.147.26.217.in-addr.arpa. | 147.26.217.in-addr.arpa. | ns1.nic.md. ns2.molddata.md. |
We pick