| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 26.66.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | . | (g,f,e,b,l,m,k,j,d,a,i,h,c).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 26.66.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (e,f,d,c,a,b).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 26.66.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 173.in-addr.arpa. | (w,u,x,r,v,z,y,t).arin.net. |
| 4 | 26.66.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 194.173.in-addr.arpa. | (ns1,ns3,ns4,ns2).google.com. |
We pick