| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 84.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | . | (d,b,g,j,h,l,k,c,f,m,a,e,i).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 84.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (f,c,d,e,b,a).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 84.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 74.in-addr.arpa. | (v,u,t,x,r,y,w,z).arin.net. |
| 4 | 84.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 125.74.in-addr.arpa. | (ns3,ns2,ns1,ns4).google.com. |
We pick