| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 27.69.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | . | (m,l,f,b,e,h,i,c,k,a,g,d,j).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 27.69.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (f,a,c,d,e,b).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 27.69.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 173.in-addr.arpa. | (z,r,t,v,w,y,x,u).arin.net. |
| 4 | 27.69.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 194.173.in-addr.arpa. | (ns3,ns4,ns2,ns1).google.com. |
We pick