| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 71.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | . | (e,c,f,d,g,l,j,k,i,a,b,m,h).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 71.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (f,b,d,a,e,c).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 71.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 74.in-addr.arpa. | (t,r,w,y,v,u,z,x).arin.net. |
| 4 | 71.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 125.74.in-addr.arpa. | (ns1,ns3,ns4,ns2).google.com. |
We pick