| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 98.41.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | . | (d,m,f,c,i,k,l,b,h,j,a,g,e).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 98.41.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (d,b,c,f,e,a).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 98.41.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 173.in-addr.arpa. | (t,x,v,r,y,u,w,z).arin.net. |
| 4 | 98.41.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 194.173.in-addr.arpa. | (ns3,ns4,ns2,ns1).google.com. |
We pick