| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 197.214.96.87.in-addr.arpa. | . | (d,f,i,e,h,b,a,m,c,l,k,j,g).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 197.214.96.87.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (a,d,e,c,f,b).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 197.214.96.87.in-addr.arpa. | 87.in-addr.arpa. | ns3.nic.fr. sns-pb.isc.org. sec1.apnic.net. sec3.apnic.net. pri.authdns.ripe.net. tinnie.arin.net. |
| 4 | 197.214.96.87.in-addr.arpa. | 214.96.87.in-addr.arpa. | (ns1,ns2).alltele.se. |
| 5 | 197.214.96.87.in-addr.arpa. | 197.214.96.87.in-addr.arpa. | (ns2,ns3,ns1).poise.se. |
We pick