| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 80.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | . | (b,j,f,d,m,e,c,h,k,l,i,g,a).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 80.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (f,d,e,a,c,b).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 80.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 74.in-addr.arpa. | (r,y,x,u,w,z,v,t).arin.net. |
| 4 | 80.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 125.74.in-addr.arpa. | (ns3,ns1,ns2,ns4).google.com. |
We pick