| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 204.172.0.141.in-addr.arpa. | . | (m,c,d,i,j,g,l,f,k,b,h,e,a).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 204.172.0.141.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (a,f,e,c,d,b).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 204.172.0.141.in-addr.arpa. | 141.in-addr.arpa. | sec1.apnic.net. ns3.nic.fr. sns-pb.isc.org. sec3.apnic.net. tinnie.arin.net. pri.authdns.ripe.net. |
| 4 | 204.172.0.141.in-addr.arpa. | 172.0.141.in-addr.arpa. | (ns2,ns4,ns3,ns1).serverstack.com. |
We pick