The NS, or Name Server records of a domain name, reveal which servers handle the Domain Name System (DNS) records for it. Setting the name servers of a given host company for your domain 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), and so on, so if you want to change any one of these records, you will be able to do it using their system. Put simply, 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 obtain the DNS records of the domain you are attempting to reach. That way the web site you will see is going to be retrieved from the right location. The name servers typically have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and each and every domain name has at least 2 NS records. There is absolutely no sensible difference between the two prefixes, so which one a website hosting provider will use depends completely on their preference.

NS Records in Shared Web Hosting

The avant-garde Hepsia CP, which comes with our shared web hosting packages, allows you to control the name servers of every domain name registered through our company with only a few clicks, so even though you may have never had a website hosting plan or a domain before, you won't encounter any issues. The Domain Manager tool, which is a part of Hepsia, has a very user-friendly interface and it will allow you to edit the NS records of any domain name or even a number of domains simultaneously. We also give you the chance to set up child name servers dns1.your-domain.com and dns2.your-domain.com for every single domain address registered within the account just as easily and all you need for that is a pair of IPs - either ours, if you're going to use the child NS to forward the domain name to the account on our cloud platform, or the ones of the third-party provider if you will use the new records to point the domain name to their system. Unlike other companies, we do not charge additional for providing this additional DNS management service.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The name servers for each and every domain address which is registered through us could be changed with no more than a few clicks through the leading-edge, though easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel that is included with all semi-dedicated server plans. It is just as simple to view the current NS records for a given domain and to determine if they're the ones that are needed for the domain name to be forwarded to your hosting account. The Domain Manager tool, which is a part of Hepsia, is user-friendly enough to enable you to control any domain effortlessly 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 just for the domain name under which they are created, but also for any other domain that you would like to host in the exact same account. This option is very beneficial when you have customers of your own and you want their sites to use your own name servers in lieu of our default ones. The service is 100 % free.