| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 102.134.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | . | (b,m,e,d,c,k,l,a,i,f,j,h,g).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 102.134.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (d,e,b,c,f,a).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 102.134.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 74.in-addr.arpa. | (w,r,x,t,y,v,u,z).arin.net. |
| 4 | 102.134.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 125.74.in-addr.arpa. | (ns4,ns3,ns2,ns1).google.com. |
We pick