| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 26.79.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | . | (m,k,c,h,b,l,g,f,a,e,d,i,j).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 26.79.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (e,d,b,a,f,c).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 26.79.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 173.in-addr.arpa. | (y,r,w,u,t,x,v,z).arin.net. |
| 4 | 26.79.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 194.173.in-addr.arpa. | (ns4,ns1,ns3,ns2).google.com. |
We pick