The NS, or Name Server records of a domain name, show which servers handle the Domain Name System (DNS) records for it. Setting the name servers of a given hosting provider for your domain name is the easiest way to direct it to their system and all its sub-records will be handled on their end. This includes A (the IP address of the server/website), MX (mail server), TXT (free text), SRV (services), CNAME (forwarding), etc, so if you want to modify any of these records, you'll be able to do it through their system. In other words, the NS records of a domain address show the DNS servers which are authoritative for it, so when you attempt to open a web address, the DNS servers are contacted to obtain the DNS records of the domain name you want to access. That way the site that you're going to see will be retrieved from the right location. The name servers normally have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and each domain name has at least two NS records. There is no functional difference between the two prefixes, so what type a host company is going to use depends only on their preference.

NS Records in Web Hosting

Controlling the NS records for any domain address registered in a web hosting account on our top-notch cloud platform is going to take you only seconds. Using the feature-rich Domain Manager tool inside the Hepsia Control Panel, you'll be able to change the name servers not just of a single domain address, but even of multiple domain names at once when you need to direct them all to the same hosting company. The very same steps will also allow you to direct newly transferred domain names to our platform as the transfer process doesn't change the name servers automatically and the domain addresses will still direct to the old host. If you would like to set up private name servers for a domain address registered on our end, you are going to be able to do that with only a few clicks and with no additional charge, so when you have a company website, for example, it'll have more credibility if it uses name servers of its own. The newly created private name servers can be used for directing any other domain name to the same account too, besides the one they are created for.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The name servers for each and every domain which is registered through us may be changed with no more than a few mouse clicks from the sophisticated, though easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel that comes with all semi-dedicated server plans. It is just as effortless to view the current NS records for a particular domain name and to verify if they are the ones that are necessary for the domain address to be pointed to your hosting account. The Domain Manager tool, which is a part of Hepsia, is user-friendly enough to allow you to manage any domain name effortlessly even if you have never dealt with such matters before. If you want, you may even register private name servers ns1.your-domain.com and ns2.your-domain.com and use them not just for the domain address under which they are set up, but also for any other domain name that you would like to host inside the exact same account. This option is very useful if you have clients of your own and you want their websites to use your own name servers in lieu of our default ones. The service is available free of charge.