| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 59.237.134.159.in-addr.arpa. | . | (f,l,c,m,i,k,h,d,j,b,g,a,e).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 59.237.134.159.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (b,d,a,f,e,c).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 59.237.134.159.in-addr.arpa. | 159.in-addr.arpa. | (v,t,x,z,y,r,u,w).arin.net. |
| 4 | 59.237.134.159.in-addr.arpa. | 134.159.in-addr.arpa. | (auth02,auth03,auth01).ns.eircom.net. |
We pick