| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 97.41.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | . | (h,c,k,b,a,d,m,j,e,i,g,f,l).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 97.41.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (b,d,c,a,f,e).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 97.41.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 173.in-addr.arpa. | (r,u,x,t,z,y,v,w).arin.net. |
| 4 | 97.41.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 194.173.in-addr.arpa. | (ns3,ns2,ns1,ns4).google.com. |
We pick