| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 97.34.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | . | (e,a,m,l,d,i,j,k,h,g,b,c,f).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 97.34.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (b,d,e,c,a,f).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 97.34.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 173.in-addr.arpa. | (u,w,t,r,z,v,y,x).arin.net. |
| 4 | 97.34.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 194.173.in-addr.arpa. | (ns2,ns1,ns3,ns4).google.com. |
We pick