| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 74.137.111.208.in-addr.arpa. | . | (l,b,h,e,c,i,m,d,a,g,f,k,j).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 74.137.111.208.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (a,f,c,e,b,d).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 74.137.111.208.in-addr.arpa. | 208.in-addr.arpa. | (z,y,x,r,u,t,w,v).arin.net. |
| 4 | 74.137.111.208.in-addr.arpa. | 137.111.208.in-addr.arpa. | dns.iad.llns.net. dns.lga.llns.net. dns.lax.llns.net. dns.sjc.llns.net. |
We pick