| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 164.254.236.130.in-addr.arpa. | . | (k,d,c,m,h,b,j,l,f,g,i,e,a).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 164.254.236.130.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (a,e,f,c,d,b).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 164.254.236.130.in-addr.arpa. | 130.in-addr.arpa. | (z,t,x,r,u,w,v,y).arin.net. |
| 4 | 164.254.236.130.in-addr.arpa. | 236.130.in-addr.arpa. | ns2.liu.se. nsauth.isy.liu.se. sunic.sunet.se. ns1.liu.se. |
| 5 | 164.254.236.130.in-addr.arpa. | 254.236.130.in-addr.arpa. | ns-slave.lysator.liu.se. ns-slave-2.ifm.liu.se. ns-master.lysator.liu.se. |
We pick