The NS, or Name Server records of a domain name, point out which servers manage the Domain Name System (DNS) records for it. Setting the name servers of a given host company for your domain address is the simplest way to point it to their system and all its sub-records are going to 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), etcetera, so if you would like to edit any one of these records, you're going to be able to do it through their system. Put simply, the NS records of a domain address reveal the DNS servers which are authoritative for it, so when you try to open a web address, the DNS servers are contacted to get the DNS records of the domain you want to access. That way the web site that you're going to see is going to be retrieved from the proper location. The name servers normally have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and every single domain address has at least 2 NS records. There is no functional difference between the two prefixes, so what type a web hosting provider will use depends exclusively on their preference.

NS Records in Website Hosting

If you use a website hosting plan from our company and you register a new domain address in the account or transfer an existing one from a different company, you are going to be able to manage its NS records effortlessly through the Hepsia website hosting CP, which comes with all shared accounts. You'll be able to change the current name servers or enter additional ones for a single domain or even for many domain names at the same time with several clicks. This is done via the feature-rich Domain Manager tool that's a part of Hepsia and the user-friendly interface is going to make it easy to manage your domain even if it's the first one you've ever registered. It requires simply a click to see what name servers a domain uses at the moment or if they're the correct ones to direct a domain name to the hosting space on our end and with a few mouse clicks more you will even be able to register private name servers for any one of the domain addresses that you own. For the latter option you can use the IP addresses of each provider that you want the new NS records to direct to.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you go for a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you are going to be able to handle the NS records of every domain registered in it with ease. The Hepsia CP, which is basically an all-in-one tool for you to control everything related to your web presence, provides a very simple and user-friendly interface. The section where you will find all your domains is not an exception, so even if you have not had a domain and a web hosting account before, updating the name servers or entering additional ones won't take you more than a several mouse clicks. You will also have the ability to see with a glance what name servers each and every one of your domain addresses uses presently and if they are the ones needed to direct that domain to the semi-dedicated account. As an added feature, we offer you the opportunity to create child name servers dns1/2.your-domain.com totally free. This will give more credibility to your website, especially if it's a business one, and you may use these name servers for any other domain name that you might want to host in the semi-dedicated account as well.