| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 100.137.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | . | (j,e,k,b,g,h,d,c,a,f,i,m,l).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 100.137.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (f,c,a,e,b,d).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 100.137.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 74.in-addr.arpa. | (r,v,z,w,u,x,y,t).arin.net. |
| 4 | 100.137.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 125.74.in-addr.arpa. | (ns2,ns1,ns3,ns4).google.com. |
We pick