| step | query | auth | servers |
| 1 | 225.175.139.98.in-addr.arpa. | . | (a,k,g,e,l,d,f,m,c,b,i,h,j).root-servers.net. |
| 2 | 225.175.139.98.in-addr.arpa. | in-addr.arpa. | (b,c,d,e,a,f).in-addr-servers.arpa. |
| 3 | 225.175.139.98.in-addr.arpa. | 98.in-addr.arpa. | (t,r,v,y,z,x,w,u).arin.net. |
| 4 | 225.175.139.98.in-addr.arpa. | 139.98.in-addr.arpa. | (ns2,ns5,ns4,ns3,ns1).yahoo.com. |
We pick