| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 94.67.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | . | (a,c,h,m,l,e,j,d,g,i,k,f,b).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 94.67.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (b,c,e,a,f,d).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 94.67.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 173.in-addr.arpa. | (v,r,y,u,x,t,w,z).arin.net. |
| 4 | 94.67.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 194.173.in-addr.arpa. | (ns2,ns3,ns1,ns4).google.com. |
We pick