| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 81.37.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | . | (d,j,g,c,k,i,a,h,m,l,b,f,e).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 81.37.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (c,f,e,a,d,b).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 81.37.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 173.in-addr.arpa. | (y,v,w,r,u,t,z,x).arin.net. |
| 4 | 81.37.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 194.173.in-addr.arpa. | (ns4,ns1,ns3,ns2).google.com. |
We pick