| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 147.113.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | . | (k,g,a,b,f,c,j,i,l,h,e,m,d).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 147.113.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (c,f,e,d,b,a).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 147.113.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 74.in-addr.arpa. | (y,z,t,r,u,w,x,v).arin.net. |
| 4 | 147.113.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 125.74.in-addr.arpa. | (ns4,ns1,ns2,ns3).google.com. |
We pick