| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 110.34.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | . | (j,a,m,d,g,l,c,h,f,b,k,e,i).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 110.34.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (e,d,a,f,c,b).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 110.34.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 173.in-addr.arpa. | (r,z,t,v,u,x,w,y).arin.net. |
| 4 | 110.34.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 194.173.in-addr.arpa. | (ns1,ns3,ns2,ns4).google.com. |
We pick