| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 146.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | . | (l,d,b,e,i,f,k,j,g,h,c,m,a).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 146.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (d,a,e,b,f,c).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 146.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 74.in-addr.arpa. | (t,u,v,y,z,r,x,w).arin.net. |
| 4 | 146.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 125.74.in-addr.arpa. | (ns4,ns1,ns2,ns3).google.com. |
We pick