The NS, or Name Server records of a domain name, indicate 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, so if you would like to change any one of these records, you'll be able to do it via their system. In other words, the NS records of a domain address reveal 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 Internet domain you are trying to reach. This way the website that you're going to see is going to be retrieved from the correct location. The name servers typically have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and every single domain name has at least 2 NS records. There's no sensible difference between the two prefixes, so which one a host company is going to use depends only on their preference.

NS Records in Website Hosting

If you use a website hosting package from our us and you add a new domain within the account or transfer an existing one from another provider, you're going to be able to handle its NS records with ease using the Hepsia hosting CP, offered with all shared accounts. You can change the current name servers or enter additional ones for a single domain address or even for many domain names at once with several clicks. This is done through the feature-rich Domain Manager tool which is a part of Hepsia and the user-friendly interface is going to make it simple to control your domain name even if it is the first you've ever registered. It requires just a click to see what name servers a domain name uses at the moment or if they're the correct ones to direct a domain to the hosting space on our end and with a few mouse clicks more you are going to 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 each and every company that you want the new NS records to point to.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you choose a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you are going to be able to control the NS records of any domain address registered in it easily. The Hepsia CP, which is basically an all-in-one tool for you to deal with everything related to your web presence, comes with a very simple and intuitive interface. The section in which you will find all of your domains is not an exception, so even if you haven't had a domain and a web hosting account before, updating the name servers or entering additional ones won't take you more than a couple of mouse clicks. You are also going to have the ability to see with a glance what name servers each of your domain names uses at the moment and if they are the ones needed to point that domain address to the semi-dedicated account. As an added feature, we offer you the opportunity to create child name servers dns1/2.your-domain.com free of charge. This will give more credibility to your site, especially when it's a business one, and you may use these name servers for any other domain that you might want to host inside the semi-dedicated account as well.