The NS, or Name Server records of a domain name, reveal which servers deal with the Domain Name System (DNS) records for it. Setting the name servers of a given hosting provider for your domain name is the simplest way to point 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), etcetera, so, in case you wish to modify any one of these records, you'll be able to do it through their system. To put it differently, the NS records of a domain show the DNS servers that 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. This way the web site you'll see is going to be retrieved from the right location. The name servers usually have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and every single domain address has at least two NS records. There is no practical difference between the two prefixes, so what type a website hosting provider is going to use depends solely on their preference.
NS Records in Shared Hosting
Controlling the NS records for any domain address registered within a shared hosting account on our top-notch cloud platform will take you only seconds. Through the feature-rich Domain Manager tool within the Hepsia CP, you'll be able to change the name servers not only of a single domain address, but even of many domain names at a time when you want to direct them all to the same webhosting provider. Identical steps will also permit you to point newly transferred domain names to our platform for the reason that transfer process is not going to change the name servers automatically and the domain names will still redirect to the old host. If you want to set up private name servers for an Internet domain registered on our end, you are going to be able to do that with only a couple of mouse clicks and with no additional charge, so if you decide to have a company website, for instance, it'll have more credibility if it employs name servers of its own. The new private name servers can be used for forwarding any other domain to the same account too, not only the one they're created for.
NS Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you go for a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you'll be able to handle the NS records of every domain registered in it with ease. The Hepsia CP, which is basically an all-in-one tool for you to manage everything associated with your web presence, provides a very simple and intuitive interface. The section where you will find all your domain names is not an exception, so even if you have never had a domain address and a web hosting account before, updating the name servers or entering additional ones is not going to take you more than a several clicks. You're also going to have the ability to see with a glance what name servers each of your domain names uses at the moment and if they're the ones required to point that domain to the semi-dedicated account. As an extra feature, we give you the opportunity to set up child name servers dns1/2.your-domain.com free of charge. This will give more credibility to your web site, particularly when it is a business one, and you may use these name servers for any other domain which you want to host in the semi-dedicated account as well.