DNS delegation of 66.230.172.18 updated: Jun 20, 2013 10:24:46 AM
Delegation
step
query
auth
servers
1
18.172.230.66.in-addr.arpa.
.
(k,f,h,b,d,m,g,e,i,j,l,c,a).root-servers.net.
2
18.172.230.66.in-addr.arpa.
in-addr.arpa.
(b,c,e,a,f,d).in-addr-servers.arpa.
3
18.172.230.66.in-addr.arpa.
66.in-addr.arpa.
(r,t,z,w,v,u,x,y).arin.net.
4
18.172.230.66.in-addr.arpa.
172.230.66.in-addr.arpa.
(ns,ns2).isprime.com.
We pick k.root-servers.net, one of the 13 root servers (1), and ask it about 18.172.230.66.in-addr.arpa and learn that in-addr.arpa is delegated to six name servers (2), so we ask b.in-addr-servers.arpa where we learn that 66.in-addr.arpa is delegated to eight name servers, including r.arin.net (3), so we ask that one and learn that 172.230.66.in-addr.arpa is delegated to two name servers (4), so we ask ns.isprime.com and get the following answer: