| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 24.46.39.66.in-addr.arpa. | . | (h,f,a,m,b,g,c,j,k,l,e,i,d).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 24.46.39.66.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (f,e,d,b,c,a).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 24.46.39.66.in-addr.arpa. | 66.in-addr.arpa. | (w,r,t,z,x,y,u,v).arin.net. |
| 4 | 24.46.39.66.in-addr.arpa. | 46.39.66.in-addr.arpa. | ns1.pair.com. ns0.ns0.com. |
We pick