DNS delegation of axpmxl.google.com updated: May 24, 2013 5:07:06 PM
Delegation
step
query
auth
servers
1
axpmxl.google.com.
.
(e,g,c,f,h,m,j,b,i,l,k,d,a).root-servers.net.
2
axpmxl.google.com.
com.
(m,j,a,l,e,f,b,k,d,c,i,g,h).gtld-servers.net.
3
axpmxl.google.com.
google.com.
(ns4,ns1,ns3,ns2).google.com.
We pick e.root-servers.net, one of the 13 root servers (1), and ask it about axpmxl.google.com and learn that com is delegated to 13 name servers (2), so we ask m.gtld-servers.net where we learn that google.com is delegated to four name servers, including ns4.google.com (3), so we ask that one and get the following answer: