| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 104.41.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | . | (f,c,l,a,b,g,k,e,d,j,h,i,m).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 104.41.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (b,e,a,f,d,c).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 104.41.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 173.in-addr.arpa. | (u,z,x,r,t,y,v,w).arin.net. |
| 4 | 104.41.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 194.173.in-addr.arpa. | (ns2,ns4,ns1,ns3).google.com. |
We pick