| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 16.164.34.64.in-addr.arpa. | . | (f,c,l,k,a,d,j,g,m,e,b,i,h).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 16.164.34.64.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (e,a,b,c,d,f).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 16.164.34.64.in-addr.arpa. | 64.in-addr.arpa. | (t,w,x,z,r,v,u,y).arin.net. |
| 4 | 16.164.34.64.in-addr.arpa. | 34.64.in-addr.arpa. | (ns1,ns2).peer1.net. |
We pick