| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 169.16.208.88.in-addr.arpa. | . | (f,m,j,k,h,g,b,a,e,i,d,c,l).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 169.16.208.88.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (c,b,d,e,a,f).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 169.16.208.88.in-addr.arpa. | 88.in-addr.arpa. | tinnie.arin.net. sec1.apnic.net. pri.authdns.ripe.net. sec3.apnic.net. ns3.nic.fr. sns-pb.isc.org. |
| 4 | 169.16.208.88.in-addr.arpa. | 16.208.88.in-addr.arpa. | (ns1,ns2).advancedhosters.com. |
We pick