| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 69.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | . | (h,i,j,k,e,d,m,f,l,g,b,a,c).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 69.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (d,b,f,a,e,c).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 69.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 74.in-addr.arpa. | (z,u,v,y,x,w,r,t).arin.net. |
| 4 | 69.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 125.74.in-addr.arpa. | (ns4,ns1,ns3,ns2).google.com. |
We pick