| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 94.137.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | . | (m,e,g,f,c,b,j,i,d,l,k,a,h).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 94.137.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (c,e,a,f,b,d).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 94.137.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 74.in-addr.arpa. | (w,y,v,u,z,t,x,r).arin.net. |
| 4 | 94.137.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 125.74.in-addr.arpa. | (ns3,ns4,ns1,ns2).google.com. |
We pick