| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 101.34.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | . | (d,k,j,g,b,f,c,l,h,a,m,e,i).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 101.34.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (c,b,e,f,a,d).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 101.34.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 173.in-addr.arpa. | (r,z,u,w,x,v,y,t).arin.net. |
| 4 | 101.34.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 194.173.in-addr.arpa. | (ns1,ns4,ns3,ns2).google.com. |
We pick