| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 201.172.0.141.in-addr.arpa. | . | (j,b,m,a,h,c,d,i,k,f,g,e,l).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 201.172.0.141.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (e,f,c,d,a,b).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 201.172.0.141.in-addr.arpa. | 141.in-addr.arpa. | tinnie.arin.net. pri.authdns.ripe.net. sec3.apnic.net. sec1.apnic.net. sns-pb.isc.org. ns3.nic.fr. |
| 4 | 201.172.0.141.in-addr.arpa. | 172.0.141.in-addr.arpa. | (ns3,ns2,ns4,ns1).serverstack.com. |
We pick