| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 94.65.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | . | (c,g,m,e,j,f,l,b,h,k,i,d,a).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 94.65.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (a,c,b,d,e,f).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 94.65.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 173.in-addr.arpa. | (w,x,r,u,t,y,z,v).arin.net. |
| 4 | 94.65.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 194.173.in-addr.arpa. | (ns2,ns1,ns4,ns3).google.com. |
We pick