| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 85.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | . | (m,d,g,e,h,l,k,j,b,a,f,c,i).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 85.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (b,d,f,a,c,e).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 85.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 74.in-addr.arpa. | (x,v,w,y,u,z,t,r).arin.net. |
| 4 | 85.224.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 125.74.in-addr.arpa. | (ns3,ns1,ns4,ns2).google.com. |
We pick