| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 75.121.248.87.in-addr.arpa. | . | (k,i,j,h,d,f,c,g,l,m,e,b,a).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 75.121.248.87.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (d,a,e,b,c,f).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 75.121.248.87.in-addr.arpa. | 87.in-addr.arpa. | ns3.nic.fr. sns-pb.isc.org. sec1.apnic.net. tinnie.arin.net. pri.authdns.ripe.net. sec3.apnic.net. |
| 4 | 75.121.248.87.in-addr.arpa. | 121.248.87.in-addr.arpa. | (ns5,ns2,ns3,ns4,ns1).yahoo.com. |
We pick