| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 9.196.111.86.in-addr.arpa. | . | (a,j,k,f,e,d,b,l,i,h,c,g,m).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 9.196.111.86.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (e,a,b,f,d,c).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 9.196.111.86.in-addr.arpa. | 86.in-addr.arpa. | sec3.apnic.net. tinnie.arin.net. pri.authdns.ripe.net. ns3.nic.fr. sec1.apnic.net. sns-pb.isc.org. |
| 4 | 9.196.111.86.in-addr.arpa. | 196.111.86.in-addr.arpa. | (ns1,ns2).internet.gov.sa. |
We pick