| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 67.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | . | (g,e,h,l,j,i,f,m,c,d,b,a,k).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 67.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (e,d,b,a,f,c).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 67.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 74.in-addr.arpa. | (y,v,w,u,r,x,z,t).arin.net. |
| 4 | 67.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 125.74.in-addr.arpa. | (ns2,ns3,ns4,ns1).google.com. |
We pick