| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 26.131.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | . | (d,c,k,b,g,i,e,j,f,l,m,a,h).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 26.131.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (b,c,e,f,d,a).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 26.131.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 74.in-addr.arpa. | (t,y,v,z,x,u,r,w).arin.net. |
| 4 | 26.131.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 125.74.in-addr.arpa. | (ns3,ns1,ns2,ns4).google.com. |
We pick