| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 88.37.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | . | (h,c,k,a,b,i,e,f,l,m,d,j,g).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 88.37.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (b,a,c,e,f,d).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 88.37.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 173.in-addr.arpa. | (r,z,y,u,x,t,w,v).arin.net. |
| 4 | 88.37.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 194.173.in-addr.arpa. | (ns2,ns1,ns4,ns3).google.com. |
We pick