The NS, or Name Server records of a domain name, indicate which servers handle the Domain Name System (DNS) records for it. Setting the name servers of a specific hosting provider for your domain is the easiest way to forward it to their system and all its sub-records will 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 forth, so, in case you would like to edit any one of these records, you will be able to do it through their system. In other words, the NS records of a domain name reveal the DNS servers that are authoritative for it, so when you attempt to open a web address, the DNS servers are contacted to get the DNS records of the Internet domain you are trying to access. That way the site you will see will be retrieved from the correct location. The name servers normally have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and each and every domain address has at least 2 NS records. There is absolutely no sensible difference between the two prefixes, so what type a web hosting provider is going to use depends only on their preference.

NS Records in Website Hosting

In the event you register a domain name inside a website hosting account from our company, you'll be able to manage its name servers without difficulty. This is done via the Registered Domains section of the in-house built Hepsia hosting Control Panel and with a few clicks you're going to be able to update the NS records of one or even a number of domains at a time, which could save you considerable time and efforts in case you have a lot of domains you want to direct to a different service provider. You can enter numerous name servers depending on how many the other provider gives you. In addition we enable you to set up private name servers for each domain address registered via our company and in contrast to many other companies we don't charge anything extra for this service. The newly created NS records can be used to forward any other domain name to the hosting platform of the provider whose IPs you have used during the process, so every time you use our IPs for example, 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 each and every domain address that's registered through us can be changed with no more than a few mouse clicks through the leading-edge, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel that comes with all semi-dedicated server plans. It is just as effortless to view the current NS records for a given domain address and to check if they are the ones that are required for the domain to be forwarded to your hosting account. The Domain Manager tool, which is a part of Hepsia, is user-friendly enough to allow you to handle any domain easily even if you have not dealt with such matters before. If you would like, you can also register private name servers ns1.your-domain.com and ns2.your-domain.com and use them not only for the domain name under which they're set up, but also for any other domain name that you would like to host within the exact same account. This feature is very handy when you have clients of your own and you wish their web sites to use your own name servers rather than our default ones. The service is absolutely free.