| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 101.41.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | . | (d,g,c,f,a,e,b,h,k,l,i,j,m).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 101.41.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (b,c,d,e,f,a).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 101.41.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 173.in-addr.arpa. | (u,x,z,w,t,r,y,v).arin.net. |
| 4 | 101.41.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 194.173.in-addr.arpa. | (ns2,ns4,ns1,ns3).google.com. |
We pick