| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 14.67.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | . | (h,l,g,f,m,b,a,k,j,d,c,e,i).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 14.67.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (f,c,b,d,a,e).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 14.67.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 173.in-addr.arpa. | (v,r,z,w,u,y,t,x).arin.net. |
| 4 | 14.67.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 194.173.in-addr.arpa. | (ns1,ns2,ns3,ns4).google.com. |
We pick