| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 194.211.193.173.in-addr.arpa. | . | (h,c,a,m,e,k,i,b,l,j,d,g,f).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 194.211.193.173.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (d,f,b,e,c,a).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 194.211.193.173.in-addr.arpa. | 173.in-addr.arpa. | (z,y,w,r,v,t,x,u).arin.net. |
| 4 | 194.211.193.173.in-addr.arpa. | 193.173.in-addr.arpa. | (ns1,ns2).arpa.global-datacenter.com. |
We pick