| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 26.77.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | . | (l,g,e,h,b,a,c,d,j,f,m,k,i).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 26.77.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (b,f,e,a,d,c).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 26.77.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 173.in-addr.arpa. | (z,v,w,t,u,r,x,y).arin.net. |
| 4 | 26.77.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 194.173.in-addr.arpa. | (ns3,ns1,ns4,ns2).google.com. |
We pick