| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 238.2.236.63.in-addr.arpa. | . | (k,d,a,c,m,e,f,j,h,b,l,g,i).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 238.2.236.63.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (a,d,f,b,e,c).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 238.2.236.63.in-addr.arpa. | 63.in-addr.arpa. | (v,r,u,y,t,w,z,x).arin.net. |
| 4 | 238.2.236.63.in-addr.arpa. | 236.63.in-addr.arpa. | (authns2,authns1).qwest.net. |
We pick