| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 50.39.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | . | (g,f,d,j,a,c,m,k,e,l,b,i,h).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 50.39.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (a,b,e,d,f,c).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 50.39.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 173.in-addr.arpa. | (u,z,w,x,v,y,t,r).arin.net. |
| 4 | 50.39.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 194.173.in-addr.arpa. | (ns1,ns2,ns3,ns4).google.com. |
We pick