| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 82.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | . | (m,d,g,a,i,f,e,c,j,k,l,h,b).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 82.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (d,c,e,b,a,f).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 82.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 74.in-addr.arpa. | (x,t,z,u,y,r,w,v).arin.net. |
| 4 | 82.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 125.74.in-addr.arpa. | (ns2,ns4,ns3,ns1).google.com. |
We pick