| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 86.145.85.209.in-addr.arpa. | . | (a,c,f,k,e,m,g,j,d,l,b,i,h).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 86.145.85.209.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (d,c,b,e,f,a).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 86.145.85.209.in-addr.arpa. | 209.in-addr.arpa. | (z,r,y,t,u,w,x,v).arin.net. |
| 4 | 86.145.85.209.in-addr.arpa. | 145.85.209.in-addr.arpa. | (ns2,ns4,ns1,ns3).google.com. |
We pick