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 given host company for your domain is the most effective way to direct it to their system and all its sub-records are going to be taken care of on their end. This includes A (the IP address of the server/website), MX (mail server), TXT (free text), SRV (services), CNAME (forwarding), etcetera, if you want to edit some of these records, you are going to be able to do it using their system. In other words, the NS records of a domain address reveal 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 want to reach. In this way the website that you will see will be retrieved from the correct location. The name servers normally have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and each domain address has at least 2 NS records. There is absolutely no sensible difference between the two prefixes, so what kind a host company is going to use depends only on their preference.

NS Records in Web Hosting

Controlling the NS records for any domain registered in a web hosting account on our top-notch cloud platform is going to take you only seconds. Via the feature-rich Domain Manager tool inside the Hepsia CP, you'll be able to change the name servers not just of a single domain address, but even of multiple domain addresses at the same time in case that you want to direct them all to the same webhosting provider. The exact same steps will also allow you to forward newly transferred domains to our platform as the transfer process is not going to change the name servers automatically and the domains will still forward to the old host. If you wish to create private name servers for a domain address registered on our end, you'll be able to do that with just a few mouse clicks and with no additional charge, so in case you have a company site, for instance, it will have more credibility if it employs name servers of its own. The new private name servers can be used for directing any other domain address to the same account too, besides the one they're created for.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The name servers for every single domain name that is registered through us could be changed with no more than a few mouse clicks through the advanced, though easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel that comes with all semi-dedicated server plans. It is just as easy to view the current NS records for a specific domain address and to determine if they're the ones that are necessary for the domain to be pointed to your hosting account. The Domain Manager tool, which is a part of Hepsia, is user-friendly enough to permit you to control any domain name with ease even if you have not dealt with such matters before. If you want, you may also register private name servers ns1.your-domain.com and ns2.your-domain.com and use them not only for the domain under which they're created, but also for any other domain that you would like to host within the exact same account. This feature is very beneficial when you have customers of your own and you want their websites to use your own name servers instead of our default ones. The service is 100 % free.