| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 103.34.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | . | (l,d,f,b,e,c,a,m,g,h,k,i,j).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 103.34.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (b,f,c,e,d,a).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 103.34.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 173.in-addr.arpa. | (w,t,v,z,x,y,u,r).arin.net. |
| 4 | 103.34.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 194.173.in-addr.arpa. | (ns4,ns1,ns2,ns3).google.com. |
We pick