| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 96.34.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | . | (j,b,e,d,a,c,l,g,h,i,k,f,m).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 96.34.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (e,c,a,f,d,b).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 96.34.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 173.in-addr.arpa. | (u,y,x,z,w,r,v,t).arin.net. |
| 4 | 96.34.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 194.173.in-addr.arpa. | (ns2,ns1,ns3,ns4).google.com. |
We pick