| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 103.41.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | . | (m,e,d,h,f,a,c,b,l,g,i,k,j).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 103.41.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (b,d,f,c,e,a).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 103.41.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 173.in-addr.arpa. | (w,v,x,y,z,r,t,u).arin.net. |
| 4 | 103.41.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 194.173.in-addr.arpa. | (ns4,ns3,ns2,ns1).google.com. |
We pick