The NS (Name Server) records of a domain name show which DNS servers are authoritative for its zone. Essentially, the zone is the collection of all records for the domain, so when you open a URL in a web browser, your personal computer asks the DNS servers worldwide where the domain address is hosted and from which servers the DNS records for the domain address ought to be retrieved. With this a web browser finds out what the A or AAAA record of the domain is so that the latter is mapped to an IP address and the web site content is required from the right location, a mail relay server discovers which server deals with the emails for the domain name (MX record) to ensure that a message can be sent to the appropriate mailbox, and so forth. Any modification of these sub-records is done with the help of the company whose name servers are employed, permitting you to keep the web hosting and switch only your email provider for instance. Every single domain name has at least two NS records - primary and secondary, that start with a prefix like NS or DNS.

NS Records in Cloud Web Hosting

If you use a cloud web hosting plan from our us and you include a new domain name within the account or transfer an existing one from another company, you will be able to manage its NS records with ease via the Hepsia web hosting CP, offered with all shared accounts. You are able to change the current name servers or enter additional ones for a single domain or even for several domain names simultaneously with several clicks. This is done via the feature-rich Domain Manager tool that's a part of Hepsia and the user-friendly interface will make it easy to manage your domain name even if it is the first one you've ever registered. It takes just 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 address to the hosting space on our end and with only 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 want the new NS records to forward to.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you choose a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you're going to be able to control the NS records of each domain address registered within it easily. The Hepsia CP, which is essentially an all-in-one tool where you can control everything relevant to your web presence, provides a very simple and user-friendly interface. The section where you will find your domain names is not an exception, so even if you haven't had a domain and a website hosting account before, updating the name servers or entering additional ones will not take you more than a few mouse clicks. You'll also be able to see with a glance what name servers each of your domain addresses uses right now and if they are the ones required to point that domain address to the semi-dedicated account. As an extra feature, we offer you the opportunity to set up child name servers dns1/2.your-domain.com totally free. This will give more credibility to your site, especially when it's a business one, and you can use these name servers for any other domain which you want to host inside the semi-dedicated account as well.