| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 127.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | . | (i,d,f,e,h,g,l,j,a,m,k,b,c).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 127.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (f,b,a,c,e,d).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 127.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 74.in-addr.arpa. | (w,x,z,v,y,u,t,r).arin.net. |
| 4 | 127.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 125.74.in-addr.arpa. | (ns2,ns4,ns3,ns1).google.com. |
We pick