| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 14.224.203.15.in-addr.arpa. | . | (m,c,k,d,a,f,j,i,h,l,b,e,g).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 14.224.203.15.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (b,c,e,a,d,f).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 14.224.203.15.in-addr.arpa. | 15.in-addr.arpa. | (ns6,ns5,ns2,ns3,ns1,ns4).hp.net. |
We pick