| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 98.34.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | . | (b,l,k,i,d,a,g,f,e,j,m,h,c).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 98.34.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (d,b,e,a,c,f).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 98.34.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 173.in-addr.arpa. | (w,r,v,t,u,y,z,x).arin.net. |
| 4 | 98.34.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 194.173.in-addr.arpa. | (ns3,ns1,ns4,ns2).google.com. |
We pick