The NS, or Name Server records of a domain, indicate which servers deal with the Domain Name System (DNS) records for it. Setting the name servers of a particular hosting provider for your domain is the easiest 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, so if you need to edit any of these records, you'll be able to do it via their system. Put simply, 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 Internet domain you are attempting to access. In this way the website that you're going to 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 two NS records. There's no sensible difference between the two prefixes, so what kind a host company is going to use depends solely on their preference.

NS Records in Shared Hosting

In case you register a domain name in a shared hosting account from our company, you are going to be able to manage its name servers without difficulty. This can be done via the Registered Domains section of the in-house built Hepsia hosting CP and with only a few clicks you are going to be able to update the NS records of one or even multiple domain addresses at a time, which could save you considerable time and efforts if you have a lot of domains that you would like to direct to an alternative service provider. You can enter many name servers depending on how many the other company offers you. Furthermore we permit you to set up private name servers for every domain registered via our company and in contrast to many other providers we do not charge anything more for this service. The new NS records can be used to direct any other domain name to the hosting platform of the provider whose IP addresses you have used during the process, so each time you use our IPs for instance, all domains added to the account on our end can use these name servers.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you go for a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you'll be able to manage the NS records of every domain address registered inside it effortlessly. The Hepsia CP, which is basically an all-in-one tool where you can handle everything relevant to your web presence, comes with a very simple and easy-to-use interface. The section where you will find all of your domain names is not an exception, so even if you have never had a domain address and a website hosting account before, updating the name servers or entering additional ones won't take you more than a several clicks. You are also going to be able to see with a glance what name servers every one of your domain names uses presently and if they are the ones required to forward that domain to the semi-dedicated account. As an added feature, we offer you the opportunity to create child name servers dns1/2.your-domain.com 100% free. This will give more credibility to your website, 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.