| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 48.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | . | (j,c,e,k,f,b,l,m,a,d,g,i,h).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 48.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (e,b,f,c,a,d).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 48.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 74.in-addr.arpa. | (t,u,v,y,r,x,w,z).arin.net. |
| 4 | 48.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 125.74.in-addr.arpa. | (ns1,ns4,ns3,ns2).google.com. |
We pick