| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 243.52.55.69.in-addr.arpa. | . | (b,c,e,j,h,d,g,l,m,i,a,f,k).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 243.52.55.69.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (d,a,e,b,c,f).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 243.52.55.69.in-addr.arpa. | 69.in-addr.arpa. | (t,z,y,w,x,v,u,r).arin.net. |
| 4 | 243.52.55.69.in-addr.arpa. | 52.55.69.in-addr.arpa. | (ns3,ns4,ns2,ns1).serverstack.com. |
We pick