| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 3.100.154.156.in-addr.arpa. | . | (b,k,j,l,i,d,a,f,g,c,m,e,h).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 3.100.154.156.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (e,d,c,f,b,a).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 3.100.154.156.in-addr.arpa. | 156.in-addr.arpa. | (v,r,t,u,z,x,y,w).arin.net. |
| 4 | 3.100.154.156.in-addr.arpa. | 154.156.in-addr.arpa. | pdns2.ultradns.net. pdns6.ultradns.co.uk. pdns3.ultradns.org. pdns5.ultradns.info. pdns4.ultradns.org. pdns1.ultradns.net. |
We pick