| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 206.172.0.141.in-addr.arpa. | . | (a,c,e,f,d,h,g,b,i,l,k,m,j).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 206.172.0.141.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (f,c,e,a,b,d).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 206.172.0.141.in-addr.arpa. | 141.in-addr.arpa. | sec1.apnic.net. sec3.apnic.net. ns3.nic.fr. tinnie.arin.net. pri.authdns.ripe.net. sns-pb.isc.org. |
| 4 | 206.172.0.141.in-addr.arpa. | 172.0.141.in-addr.arpa. | (ns1,ns3,ns2,ns4).serverstack.com. |
We pick