The NS, or Name Server records of a domain name, reveal 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 easiest way to forward 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), etc, if you would like to edit some of these records, you are going to be able to do it via their system. In other words, the NS records of a domain name reveal 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 Internet domain you want to reach. In this way the web site that you'll see will be retrieved from the correct location. The name servers typically have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and each domain name has at least 2 NS records. There isn't any sensible difference between the two prefixes, so which one a host company is going to use depends entirely on their preference.

NS Records in Shared Web Hosting

When you use a Linux shared web hosting package from our us and you include a new domain inside the account or transfer an existing one from another company, you are going to be able to manage its NS records effortlessly via the Hepsia web hosting CP, which comes with all shared accounts. You are able to change the current name servers or enter additional ones for a single domain name or even for a number of domain addresses at the same time with several mouse clicks. This is done using the feature-rich Domain Manager tool that's a part of Hepsia and the user-friendly interface is going to make it easy to control your domain address even if it is the first you have ever registered. It requires only a mouse click to see what name servers a domain uses at the moment or if they're the correct ones to forward a domain to the hosting space on our end and with only a few mouse clicks more you'll 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 each provider that you would like the new NS records to forward to.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Our semi-dedicated server accounts are handled using Hepsia - an all-in-one tool with highly user-friendly interface, that will allow you to manage your domain names easily even if you haven't used a web hosting account or a domain address in the past. Changing the NS records for any domain address registered through our company, viewing the existing ones and whether they are accurate or not as to forward that domain to our cloud hosting platform is also fairly simple and takes just several clicks. You are also going to be able to register child name servers under any of your domain names as part of the free DNS management services 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 each and every domain address which you accommodate in the semi-dedicated account, so if you provide services to third-parties and host their web sites, using this feature will give you more credibility as a business.