| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 84.225.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | . | (c,a,l,i,g,m,h,f,b,d,k,e,j).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 84.225.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (b,f,a,d,c,e).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 84.225.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 74.in-addr.arpa. | (v,r,y,x,t,u,z,w).arin.net. |
| 4 | 84.225.125.74.in-addr.arpa. | 125.74.in-addr.arpa. | (ns2,ns1,ns3,ns4).google.com. |
We pick