The NS, or Name Server records of a domain name, indicate which servers manage the Domain Name System (DNS) records for it. Setting the name servers of a given hosting provider for your domain name is the most convenient way to forward it to their system and all its sub-records will 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), and so on, if you would like to edit any of these records, you are going to be able to do it through their system. In other words, the NS records of a domain name reveal the DNS servers which 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 domain you want to reach. This way the web site that you will see is going to be retrieved from the proper location. The name servers typically have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and each domain name has at least 2 NS records. There is no functional difference between the two prefixes, so which one a website hosting provider will use depends entirely 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 cutting-edge cloud platform will take you only moments. Via the feature-rich Domain Manager tool in the Hepsia Control Panel, you are going to be able to change the name servers not just of one domain, but even of many domain names at a time in case that you want to forward them all to the same webhosting provider. Exactly the same steps will also allow you to forward newly transferred domain addresses to our platform as the transfer procedure won't 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'll be able to do that with just a few mouse clicks and with no additional charge, so in case you have a company website, for instance, it will have more credibility if it employs name servers of its own. The newly created private name servers can be used for redirecting any other domain to the same account too, besides the one they are created for.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you choose a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you will be able to control the NS records of any domain name registered inside it with ease. The Hepsia Control Panel, which is essentially an all-in-one tool where you can control everything associated with your web presence, offers a very simple and user-friendly interface. The section in which you will find all of your domain names isn't an exception, so even if you have not had a domain address and a web hosting account before, updating the name servers or entering additional ones will not take you more than a several mouse clicks. You will also have the ability to see with a glance what name servers each and every one of your domains uses presently and if they are the ones required to direct that domain address to the semi-dedicated account. As an added feature, we offer you the opportunity to set up child name servers dns1/2.your-domain.com at no extra cost. This will give more credibility to your website, particularly if it's a business one, and you can use these name servers for every other domain name that you might want to host in the semi-dedicated account as well.