| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 226.172.0.141.in-addr.arpa. | . | (f,k,i,d,g,c,j,h,e,l,b,a,m).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 226.172.0.141.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (b,e,a,c,f,d).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 226.172.0.141.in-addr.arpa. | 141.in-addr.arpa. | tinnie.arin.net. sec1.apnic.net. sec3.apnic.net. ns3.nic.fr. sns-pb.isc.org. pri.authdns.ripe.net. |
| 4 | 226.172.0.141.in-addr.arpa. | 172.0.141.in-addr.arpa. | (ns1,ns2,ns3,ns4).serverstack.com. |
We pick