| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 138.139.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | . | (b,i,e,h,f,c,m,g,j,l,a,d,k).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 138.139.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (a,e,c,d,f,b).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 138.139.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 74.in-addr.arpa. | (w,t,r,y,z,u,v,x).arin.net. |
| 4 | 138.139.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 125.74.in-addr.arpa. | (ns2,ns1,ns3,ns4).google.com. |
We pick