| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 202.217.136.98.in-addr.arpa. | . | (b,i,f,c,k,g,l,a,m,j,d,h,e).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 202.217.136.98.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (e,b,f,d,c,a).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 202.217.136.98.in-addr.arpa. | 98.in-addr.arpa. | (y,r,z,x,t,v,u,w).arin.net. |
| 4 | 202.217.136.98.in-addr.arpa. | 136.98.in-addr.arpa. | (ns4,ns5,ns2,ns1,ns3).yahoo.com. |
We pick