| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 101.127.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | . | (i,b,e,c,j,a,k,d,g,m,h,f,l).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 101.127.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (e,f,d,b,a,c).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 101.127.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 74.in-addr.arpa. | (y,r,z,v,t,x,w,u).arin.net. |
| 4 | 101.127.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 125.74.in-addr.arpa. | (ns1,ns4,ns2,ns3).google.com. |
We pick