| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 83.225.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | . | (l,a,i,e,f,d,m,b,g,k,h,j,c).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 83.225.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (d,b,f,c,e,a).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 83.225.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 74.in-addr.arpa. | (r,w,v,u,z,x,y,t).arin.net. |
| 4 | 83.225.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 125.74.in-addr.arpa. | (ns3,ns4,ns1,ns2).google.com. |
We pick