| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 24.183.139.98.in-addr.arpa. | . | (h,c,e,m,i,l,j,a,d,g,f,k,b).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 24.183.139.98.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (a,e,c,b,d,f).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 24.183.139.98.in-addr.arpa. | 98.in-addr.arpa. | (z,u,v,x,t,w,r,y).arin.net. |
| 4 | 24.183.139.98.in-addr.arpa. | 139.98.in-addr.arpa. | (ns2,ns5,ns4,ns1,ns3).yahoo.com. |
We pick