DNS delegation of www.cw.net updated: May 21, 2013 3:20:06 AM
Delegation
step
query
auth
servers
1
www.cw.net.
.
(g,l,f,a,c,j,h,e,k,m,i,d,b).root-servers.net.
2
www.cw.net.
net.
(a,k,h,i,l,d,m,c,j,b,f,e,g).gtld-servers.net.
3
www.cw.net.
cw.net.
(ans1,ans2).cw.net.
4
ftp.cw.net.
cw.net.
(ans1,ans2).cw.net.
We pick g.root-servers.net, one of the 13 root servers (1), and ask it about www.cw.net and learn that net is delegated to 13 name servers (2), so we ask a.gtld-servers.net where we learn that cw.net is delegated to two name servers, including ans1.cw.net (3), so we ask that one where we see a CNAME from www.cw.net to ftp.cw.net, so we have to start all over again. We already know that ans1.cw.net is authoritative for cw.net (4) and ask it about ftp.cw.net and get the following answer: