| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 35.34.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | . | (a,f,j,m,c,i,k,e,l,b,g,d,h).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 35.34.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (b,c,f,e,d,a).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 35.34.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 173.in-addr.arpa. | (t,z,w,x,u,y,v,r).arin.net. |
| 4 | 35.34.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 194.173.in-addr.arpa. | (ns1,ns2,ns3,ns4).google.com. |
We pick