| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 99.34.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | . | (c,j,f,a,l,i,k,e,d,b,h,g,m).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 99.34.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (f,d,a,b,e,c).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 99.34.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 173.in-addr.arpa. | (w,y,z,u,v,t,r,x).arin.net. |
| 4 | 99.34.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 194.173.in-addr.arpa. | (ns2,ns4,ns3,ns1).google.com. |
We pick