| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 99.130.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | . | (b,k,a,j,d,f,l,h,i,e,c,m,g).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 99.130.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (e,a,c,b,f,d).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 99.130.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 74.in-addr.arpa. | (u,w,x,z,r,y,t,v).arin.net. |
| 4 | 99.130.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 125.74.in-addr.arpa. | (ns3,ns4,ns1,ns2).google.com. |
We pick