| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 26.76.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | . | (h,d,g,a,m,k,i,l,c,b,e,f,j).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 26.76.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (a,b,f,e,d,c).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 26.76.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 173.in-addr.arpa. | (u,w,y,z,r,v,x,t).arin.net. |
| 4 | 26.76.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 194.173.in-addr.arpa. | (ns3,ns1,ns2,ns4).google.com. |
We pick