| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 224.172.0.141.in-addr.arpa. | . | (g,m,j,i,c,f,l,e,d,a,b,h,k).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 224.172.0.141.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (b,f,c,a,d,e).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 224.172.0.141.in-addr.arpa. | 141.in-addr.arpa. | sec3.apnic.net. pri.authdns.ripe.net. ns3.nic.fr. sec1.apnic.net. sns-pb.isc.org. tinnie.arin.net. |
| 4 | 224.172.0.141.in-addr.arpa. | 172.0.141.in-addr.arpa. | (ns1,ns2,ns3,ns4).serverstack.com. |
We pick