| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 26.70.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | . | (f,d,a,e,j,b,i,k,m,g,l,h,c).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 26.70.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (a,b,d,e,c,f).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 26.70.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 173.in-addr.arpa. | (t,w,x,y,z,r,u,v).arin.net. |
| 4 | 26.70.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 194.173.in-addr.arpa. | (ns3,ns4,ns2,ns1).google.com. |
We pick