| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 103.75.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | . | (e,f,k,m,h,l,j,g,i,c,b,a,d).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 103.75.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (e,d,a,c,f,b).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 103.75.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 173.in-addr.arpa. | (u,w,v,r,t,z,y,x).arin.net. |
| 4 | 103.75.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 194.173.in-addr.arpa. | (ns4,ns3,ns1,ns2).google.com. |
We pick