| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 40.179.62.64.in-addr.arpa. | . | (e,j,d,i,f,b,h,l,g,c,a,m,k).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 40.179.62.64.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (d,f,a,e,c,b).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 40.179.62.64.in-addr.arpa. | 64.in-addr.arpa. | (w,r,x,t,u,z,v,y).arin.net. |
| 4 | 40.179.62.64.in-addr.arpa. | 179.62.64.in-addr.arpa. | (ns3,ns1,ns5,ns2,ns4).he.net. |
We pick