The NS, or Name Server records of a domain, reveal which servers handle the Domain Name System (DNS) records for it. Setting the name servers of a particular host company for your domain address is the most effective way to point it to their system and all its sub-records are going to be managed on their end. This includes A (the IP address of the server/website), MX (mail server), TXT (free text), SRV (services), CNAME (forwarding), and so on, if you wish to change any of these records, you'll be able to do it by using their system. In other words, the NS records of a domain address point out the DNS servers that are authoritative for it, so when you try to open a web address, the DNS servers are contacted to retrieve the DNS records of the Internet domain you are attempting to access. In this way the website that you will see is going to be retrieved from the right location. The name servers normally have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and every single domain address has at least two NS records. There's no sensible difference between the two prefixes, so what type a hosting provider is going to use depends solely on their preference.

NS Records in Cloud Website Hosting

If you use a cloud website hosting from our company and you register a new domain inside the account or transfer an existing one from another company, you're going to be able to control its NS records easily through the Hepsia website hosting CP, provided with all shared accounts. You are able to change the current name servers or enter additional ones for a single domain name or even for a group of domain names at the same time with several mouse clicks. This is done using the feature-rich Domain Manager tool that's a part of Hepsia and the user-friendly interface is going to make it simple to manage your domain address even if it's the first one you've ever registered. It requires simply a mouse click to see what name servers a domain address uses at the moment or if they are the correct ones to forward a domain address to the hosting space on our end and with only a few mouse clicks more you'll even be able to register private name servers for any one of the domain names that you own. For the latter option you can use the IPs of any provider that you'd like the new NS records to point to.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Our semi-dedicated server accounts are managed through Hepsia - an all-in-one tool with highly user-friendly interface, which will help you handle your domain names easily even when you haven't used a web hosting account or a domain address previously. Changing the NS records for each and every domain address registered with our company, viewing the existing ones and whether they are accurate or not as to direct that domain address to our cloud hosting platform is also fairly simple and requires as little as a few mouse clicks. You're also going to be able to register child name servers under each and every one of your domain addresses as an element of the free DNS administration services we offer you with each and every plan and have ns1.your-domain.com and ns2.your-domain.com. The latter can be used for any domain address you accommodate in the semi-dedicated account, so if you offer services to third-parties and host their sites, using this feature will give you much more credibility as a business.