| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 94.75.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | . | (l,a,b,c,h,m,j,g,i,e,f,d,k).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 94.75.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (f,c,d,a,e,b).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 94.75.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 173.in-addr.arpa. | (z,t,y,u,r,v,x,w).arin.net. |
| 4 | 94.75.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 194.173.in-addr.arpa. | (ns4,ns3,ns1,ns2).google.com. |
We pick