The NS, or Name Server records of a domain, indicate which servers manage the Domain Name System (DNS) records for it. Setting the name servers of a specific host company for your domain address is the most convenient way to forward 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), etc, so, in case you would like to edit some of these records, you're going to be able to do it by using their system. To put it differently, the NS records of a domain address point out 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 are attempting to access. This way the site you'll see is going to be retrieved from the right location. The name servers typically have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and each domain has at least 2 NS records. There is no sensible difference between the two prefixes, so which one a hosting provider is going to use depends solely on their preference.

NS Records in Web Hosting

When you use a Linux web hosting from our company and you add a new domain in the account or transfer an existing one from another provider, you are going to be able to control its NS records effortlessly through the Hepsia website hosting CP, offered with all shared accounts. You can change the current name servers or enter additional ones for a single domain or even for a number of domains simultaneously with several clicks. This is done using the feature-rich Domain Manager tool that is a part of Hepsia and the user-friendly interface is going to make it easy to handle your domain name even if it is the first one you have ever registered. It takes just a click to see what name servers a domain address uses at the moment or if they are the correct ones to point a domain name to the hosting space on our end and with a few clicks more you are going to even be able to register private name servers for any of the domains that you own. For the latter option you can use the IPs of any provider that you would like the new NS records to direct to.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Our semi-dedicated server accounts are administered through Hepsia - an all-in-one tool with incredibly user-friendly interface, that will help you manage your domain names without difficulty even if you have never used a web hosting account or a domain address previously. Changing the NS records for each domain address registered with our company, viewing the current ones and whether they are right or not as to forward that domain name to our cloud hosting platform is also very simple and requires just a couple of mouse clicks. You'll also be able to register child name servers under any of your domains as an element of the free DNS administration services that we offer you with each and every plan and have ns1.your-domain.com and ns2.your-domain.com. The latter can be used for every domain that you accommodate inside the semi-dedicated account, so if you offer services to third-parties and host their websites, employing this feature will give you more credibility as a business.