| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 208.172.0.141.in-addr.arpa. | . | (a,l,k,j,h,g,b,f,i,c,m,e,d).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 208.172.0.141.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (e,d,a,f,b,c).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 208.172.0.141.in-addr.arpa. | 141.in-addr.arpa. | sec1.apnic.net. tinnie.arin.net. pri.authdns.ripe.net. sns-pb.isc.org. sec3.apnic.net. ns3.nic.fr. |
| 4 | 208.172.0.141.in-addr.arpa. | 172.0.141.in-addr.arpa. | (ns4,ns3,ns2,ns1).serverstack.com. |
We pick