| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 87.37.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | . | (b,i,e,g,l,j,a,c,m,d,h,f,k).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 87.37.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (e,d,a,c,b,f).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 87.37.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 173.in-addr.arpa. | (x,y,z,u,t,v,r,w).arin.net. |
| 4 | 87.37.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 194.173.in-addr.arpa. | (ns3,ns2,ns4,ns1).google.com. |
We pick