| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 86.79.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | . | (a,h,d,i,g,f,j,k,c,l,e,b,m).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 86.79.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (d,a,b,e,f,c).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 86.79.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 173.in-addr.arpa. | (u,y,w,z,v,x,r,t).arin.net. |
| 4 | 86.79.194.173.in-addr.arpa. | 194.173.in-addr.arpa. | (ns1,ns4,ns3,ns2).google.com. |
We pick