| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 177.35.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | . | (b,g,c,d,j,a,k,m,f,e,i,h,l).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 177.35.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (c,d,e,a,f,b).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 177.35.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 173.in-addr.arpa. | (x,v,r,u,z,y,t,w).arin.net. |
| 4 | 177.35.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 194.173.in-addr.arpa. | (ns1,ns3,ns2,ns4).google.com. |
We pick