| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 11.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa. | . | (i,m,c,k,f,d,e,b,g,l,j,h,a).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 11.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (c,a,e,d,b,f).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 11.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa. | 192.in-addr.arpa. | (v,y,r,z,w,t,x,u).arin.net. |
| 4 | 11.1.168.192.in-addr.arpa. | 168.192.in-addr.arpa. | (blackhole-2,blackhole-1).iana.org. |
We pick