| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 27.76.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | . | (k,e,h,c,l,j,d,m,b,f,i,a,g).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 27.76.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (c,d,f,b,e,a).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 27.76.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 173.in-addr.arpa. | (y,u,t,r,w,z,x,v).arin.net. |
| 4 | 27.76.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 194.173.in-addr.arpa. | (ns2,ns1,ns3,ns4).google.com. |
We pick