| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 169.61.55.69.in-addr.arpa. | . | (f,b,c,e,d,i,j,g,h,a,l,k,m).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 169.61.55.69.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (f,c,b,e,a,d).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 169.61.55.69.in-addr.arpa. | 69.in-addr.arpa. | (v,w,y,z,t,x,r,u).arin.net. |
| 4 | 169.61.55.69.in-addr.arpa. | 61.55.69.in-addr.arpa. | (ns2,ns4,ns1,ns3).serverstack.com. |
We pick