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 given host company for your domain name is the simplest 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, if you want to change any of these records, you'll be able to do it by using their system. In other words, the NS records of a domain name show the DNS servers that 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 domain name you are trying to reach. That way the website you will see will be retrieved from the right location. The name servers normally have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and each and every domain name has at least two NS records. There isn't any practical difference between the two prefixes, so what kind a hosting provider will use depends only on their preference.

NS Records in Shared Website Hosting

Controlling the NS records for any domain registered inside a shared website hosting account on our top-notch cloud platform is going to take you merely seconds. Using the feature-rich Domain Manager tool inside the Hepsia Control Panel, you are going to be able to change the name servers not just of a single domain, but even of many domain addresses at the same time if you would like to direct them all to the same hosting company. The exact same steps will also allow you to direct newly transferred domains to our platform since the transfer process does not change the name servers automatically and the domains will still direct to the old host. If you wish to create private name servers for a domain name registered on our end, you are going to be able to do that with just a few clicks and with no additional charge, so if you have a company web site, as an example, it's going to 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 also, besides the one they are created for.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you invest in a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you will be able to manage the NS records of each domain name registered in it without difficulty. The Hepsia Control Panel, which is basically an all-in-one tool for you to manage everything relevant to your web presence, comes with a very simple and easy-to-use interface. The section where you will find all of your domain addresses isn't an exception, so even if you haven't had a domain address and a web hosting account before, updating the name servers or entering additional ones is not going to take you more than a couple of mouse clicks. You're also going to have the ability to see with a glance what name servers each of your domain names uses currently and if they're the ones needed to forward that domain address 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 free of charge. This will give more credibility to your site, especially when it is a business one, and you can use these name servers for every other domain address that you might want to host in the semi-dedicated account as well.