| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 84.37.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | . | (m,i,g,d,c,h,a,l,e,k,f,j,b).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 84.37.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (d,b,e,c,a,f).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 84.37.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 173.in-addr.arpa. | (r,w,u,x,v,y,z,t).arin.net. |
| 4 | 84.37.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 194.173.in-addr.arpa. | (ns3,ns4,ns1,ns2).google.com. |
We pick