| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 145.102.139.98.in-addr.arpa. | . | (g,b,f,d,c,l,j,h,a,m,k,i,e).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 145.102.139.98.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (c,d,f,a,b,e).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 145.102.139.98.in-addr.arpa. | 98.in-addr.arpa. | (t,z,v,y,r,w,u,x).arin.net. |
| 4 | 145.102.139.98.in-addr.arpa. | 139.98.in-addr.arpa. | (ns3,ns5,ns2,ns4,ns1).yahoo.com. |
We pick