| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 100.130.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | . | (a,f,m,l,c,g,h,e,d,j,b,k,i).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 100.130.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (e,d,a,f,b,c).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 100.130.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 74.in-addr.arpa. | (z,r,w,y,x,v,t,u).arin.net. |
| 4 | 100.130.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 125.74.in-addr.arpa. | (ns2,ns4,ns3,ns1).google.com. |
We pick