| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 26.134.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | . | (g,m,c,l,k,j,d,f,h,e,i,a,b).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 26.134.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (a,f,c,b,d,e).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 26.134.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 74.in-addr.arpa. | (w,u,x,v,t,r,z,y).arin.net. |
| 4 | 26.134.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 125.74.in-addr.arpa. | (ns1,ns3,ns4,ns2).google.com. |
We pick