The NS, or Name Server records of a domain, show 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 point it to their system and all its sub-records will be handled 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 wish to change some of these records, you're going to be able to do it through their system. In other words, the NS records of a domain address show the DNS servers which are authoritative for it, so when you try to open a web address, the DNS servers are contacted to get the DNS records of the Internet domain you are attempting to reach. In this way the site that you'll see will be retrieved from the proper location. The name servers usually have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and every single domain name has at least two NS records. There's no practical difference between the two prefixes, so what kind a web hosting provider will use depends entirely on their preference.

NS Records in Hosting

In the event you register a domain name within a hosting account from our company, you're going to be able to manage its name servers easily. This is accomplished through the Registered Domains section of the in-house built Hepsia hosting CP and with just a couple of mouse clicks you're going to be able to update the NS records of one or even several domains at once, which could save you considerable time and efforts in case you have a large number of domains you want to direct to another service provider. You can enter many name servers depending on how many the other company provides you with. We permit you to set up private name servers for each and every domain name registered through our company and unlike many other companies we do not charge anything extra for this service. The newly created NS records can be used to direct any other domain to the hosting platform of the provider whose IPs you have used during the process, so each time you use our IPs for instance, all domain names added to the account on our end can use these name servers.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The name servers for every single domain address that is registered through our company can be changed with no more than a few mouse clicks from the advanced, although easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel included with all semi-dedicated server plans. It's just as effortless to view the current NS records for a given domain address and to verify if they're the ones that are needed for the domain name to be pointed to your hosting account. The Domain Manager tool, which is a part of Hepsia, is user-friendly enough to allow you to control any domain with ease even if you have not dealt with such matters before. If you wish, you can also register private name servers ns1.your-domain.com and ns2.your-domain.com and use them not only for the domain address under which they are set up, but also for any other domain name that you would like to host inside the exact same account. This feature is very handy if you have customers of your own and you would like their websites to use your own name servers in lieu of our default ones. The service is available absolutely free.