| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 119.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | . | (h,k,f,a,c,m,j,i,b,e,d,l,g).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 119.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (f,a,c,e,b,d).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 119.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 74.in-addr.arpa. | (z,x,y,u,t,r,v,w).arin.net. |
| 4 | 119.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 125.74.in-addr.arpa. | (ns3,ns4,ns2,ns1).google.com. |
We pick