| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 82.37.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | . | (j,e,f,c,g,h,i,a,k,l,d,b,m).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 82.37.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (d,f,b,c,e,a).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 82.37.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 173.in-addr.arpa. | (x,t,w,z,u,v,r,y).arin.net. |
| 4 | 82.37.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 194.173.in-addr.arpa. | (ns3,ns4,ns2,ns1).google.com. |
We pick