| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 86.142.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | . | (i,a,b,k,l,f,j,h,d,g,m,e,c).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 86.142.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (a,b,d,c,e,f).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 86.142.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 74.in-addr.arpa. | (y,x,r,u,z,w,v,t).arin.net. |
| 4 | 86.142.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 125.74.in-addr.arpa. | (ns4,ns2,ns3,ns1).google.com. |
We pick