| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 69.225.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | . | (a,b,d,k,g,m,j,l,i,f,e,c,h).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 69.225.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (d,c,f,b,a,e).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 69.225.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 74.in-addr.arpa. | (u,w,x,z,y,t,v,r).arin.net. |
| 4 | 69.225.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 125.74.in-addr.arpa. | (ns1,ns2,ns4,ns3).google.com. |
We pick