The NS, or Name Server records of a domain name, point out which servers deal with the Domain Name System (DNS) records for it. Setting the name servers of a given host company for your domain name is the most convenient 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), etc, so, in case you need to edit any one of these records, you will be able to do it by using their system. In other words, the NS records of a domain show the DNS servers that are authoritative for it, so when you try to open a web address, the DNS servers are contacted to obtain the DNS records of the domain you are trying to access. In this way the site that you'll see is going to be retrieved from the proper location. The name servers typically have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and each and every domain name has at least two NS records. There's no sensible difference between the two prefixes, so which one a website hosting provider is going to use depends exclusively on their preference.

NS Records in Shared Hosting

Managing the NS records for any domain registered inside a shared hosting account on our cutting-edge cloud platform is going to take you just moments. Using the feature-rich Domain Manager tool in the Hepsia Control Panel, you are going to be able to change the name servers not only of a single domain, but even of multiple domains at once when you intend to point them all to the same hosting provider. Identical steps will also allow you to forward newly transferred domains to our platform for the reason that transfer procedure will not change the name servers automatically and the domains will still direct to the old host. If you need to set up private name servers for a domain registered on our end, you are going to be able to do that with a few clicks and with no additional charge, so in case you have a company website, for instance, it's going to have more credibility if it uses name servers of its own. The newly created private name servers can be used for pointing any other domain to the same account also, not only the one they are created for.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you go for a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you will be able to handle the NS records of every domain registered inside it easily. The Hepsia Control Panel, which is essentially an all-in-one tool where you can handle everything related to your web presence, comes with a very simple and intuitive interface. The section in which you will find your domains isn't an exception, so even if you haven't had a domain address and a website hosting account before, updating the name servers or entering additional ones is not going to take you more than a several mouse clicks. You are also going to have the ability to see with a glance what name servers each of your domain names uses right now and if they are the ones required to forward that domain to the semi-dedicated account. As an additional feature, we offer you the opportunity to set up child name servers dns1/2.your-domain.com totally free. This will give more credibility to your website, especially if it is a business one, and you may use these name servers for any other domain name which you want to host within the semi-dedicated account as well.