| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 234.138.128.213.in-addr.arpa. | . | (a,f,m,h,e,l,j,i,b,c,d,g,k).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 234.138.128.213.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (a,b,c,f,d,e).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 234.138.128.213.in-addr.arpa. | 213.in-addr.arpa. | tinnie.arin.net. sec3.apnic.net. pri.authdns.ripe.net. sec1.apnic.net. ns3.nic.fr. sns-pb.isc.org. |
| 4 | 234.138.128.213.in-addr.arpa. | 138.128.213.in-addr.arpa. | (ns1,ns2).iphh.de. |
| 5 | 234.224-27.138.128.213.in-addr.arpa. | 138.128.213.in-addr.arpa. | (ns2,ns1).iphh.de. |
| 6 | 234.224-27.138.128.213.in-addr.arpa. | 224-27.138.128.213.in-addr.arpa. | ns.skywaydc.com. ns.skywaydc.de. |
We pick