| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 249.54.36.174.in-addr.arpa. | . | (h,c,b,m,a,i,l,k,f,g,j,e,d).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 249.54.36.174.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (c,a,e,b,f,d).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 249.54.36.174.in-addr.arpa. | 174.in-addr.arpa. | (y,x,u,z,r,t,v,w).arin.net. |
| 4 | 249.54.36.174.in-addr.arpa. | 36.174.in-addr.arpa. | (ns2,ns1).arpa.global-datacenter.com. |
We pick