| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 14.73.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | . | (i,a,m,j,c,h,d,k,l,b,g,e,f).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 14.73.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (d,c,a,e,f,b).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 14.73.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 173.in-addr.arpa. | (z,r,w,u,y,v,x,t).arin.net. |
| 4 | 14.73.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 194.173.in-addr.arpa. | (ns1,ns2,ns3,ns4).google.com. |
We pick