The NS, or Name Server records of a domain name, show which servers manage the Domain Name System (DNS) records for it. Setting the name servers of a given host company for your domain is the most convenient way to forward it to their system and all its sub-records will be handled 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 change any one of these records, you're going to be able to do it through their system. To put it differently, the NS records of a domain point out the DNS servers that are authoritative for it, so when you attempt to open a web address, the DNS servers are contacted to retrieve the DNS records of the domain name you are trying to access. That way the site that you'll see will be retrieved from the proper 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 no practical difference between the two prefixes, so which one a web hosting provider is going to use depends exclusively on their preference.

NS Records in Hosting

The innovative Hepsia Control Panel, offered with with our hosting products, will allow you to manage the name servers of each domain address registered through our company with just a couple of clicks, so even when you have not had a web hosting plan or a domain name before, you'll not encounter any issues. The Domain Manager tool, which is a part of Hepsia, features a very user-friendly interface and it will permit you to change the NS records of any domain address or even a number of domain names together. Additionally we offer you the opportunity to set up child name servers dns1.your-domain.com and dns2.your-domain.com for every single domain name registered in the account just as easily and all you need for that is a pair of IP addresses - either ours, if you're going to use the child NS to forward the domain to the account on our cloud platform, or the ones of the third-party provider if you'll use the new records to direct the domain to their system. In contrast to other companies, we do not charge more for providing this additional DNS management service.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The name servers for every domain name which is registered through us can be changed with no more than a few mouse clicks through the advanced, though easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel that comes with all semi-dedicated server plans. It is just as simple to see the current NS records for a specific domain and to determine if they're the ones that are required 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 allow you to handle any domain address with ease even if you have not dealt with such matters before. If you want, you may even 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're created, but also for any other domain address that you'd like to host inside the same account. This option is very handy if you have clients of your own and you want their websites to use your own name servers rather than our default ones. The service is free of charge.