| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 48.34.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | . | (f,b,g,e,h,a,l,m,c,k,d,j,i).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 48.34.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (d,e,b,a,f,c).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 48.34.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 173.in-addr.arpa. | (r,t,y,v,z,w,u,x).arin.net. |
| 4 | 48.34.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 194.173.in-addr.arpa. | (ns4,ns1,ns3,ns2).google.com. |
We pick