| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 1.4.166.193.in-addr.arpa. | . | (a,d,i,e,g,f,j,k,h,l,b,c,m).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 1.4.166.193.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (c,a,f,d,e,b).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 1.4.166.193.in-addr.arpa. | 193.in-addr.arpa. | ns3.nic.fr. pri.authdns.ripe.net. sns-pb.isc.org. tinnie.arin.net. sec1.apnic.net. sec3.apnic.net. |
| 4 | 1.4.166.193.in-addr.arpa. | 166.193.in-addr.arpa. | ns.ripe.net. ns-secondary.funet.fi. ns.funet.fi. |
| 5 | 1.4.166.193.in-addr.arpa. | 4.166.193.in-addr.arpa. | (ns-secondary,ns).funet.fi. |
We pick