| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 149.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | . | (h,m,a,g,d,f,b,j,i,c,e,k,l).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 149.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (d,b,c,e,a,f).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 149.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 74.in-addr.arpa. | (r,y,u,w,v,z,t,x).arin.net. |
| 4 | 149.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 125.74.in-addr.arpa. | (ns1,ns2,ns4,ns3).google.com. |
We pick