The NS, or Name Server records of a domain, show which servers handle the Domain Name System (DNS) records for it. Setting the name servers of a specific hosting provider for your domain name is the easiest way to direct it to their system and all its sub-records are going to 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), etc, so if you want to edit some of these records, you're going to be able to do it through their system. In other words, the NS records of a domain address point out 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 domain name you are attempting to reach. In this way the site that you will see is going to be retrieved from the correct location. The name servers typically have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and each domain name has at least 2 NS records. There is absolutely no practical difference between the two prefixes, so which one a host company is going to use depends completely on their preference.

NS Records in Shared Hosting

If you use a shared hosting from our company and you include a new domain name within the account or transfer an existing one from a different company, you're going to be able to handle its NS records with ease using the Hepsia hosting CP, provided with all shared accounts. You are able to change the current name servers or enter additional ones for a single domain address or even for several domains at the same time with several mouse clicks. This is done through the feature-rich Domain Manager tool which is a part of Hepsia and the user-friendly interface will make it easy to handle your domain even if it is the first one you have ever registered. It requires just a mouse click to see what name servers a domain name uses at the moment or if they're the correct ones to point a domain name to the hosting space on our end and with only a few mouse clicks more you'll even be able to register private name servers for each of the domain names that you own. For the latter option you can use the IPs of each and every company that you would like the new NS records to direct to.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Our semi-dedicated server accounts are handled using Hepsia - an all-in-one tool with very user-friendly interface, which will help you manage your domain addresses without difficulty even if you have not used a web hosting account or a domain address up to now. Changing the NS records for each domain name registered with our company, viewing the existing ones and whether they are accurate or not as to forward that domain to our cloud hosting platform is also quite easy and takes only a couple of clicks. You will also be able to register child name servers under any of your domain names as part of the free DNS administration services we offer with each and every plan and have ns1.your-domain.com and ns2.your-domain.com. The latter can be used for any domain that you accommodate within the semi-dedicated account, so if you provide services to third-parties and host their websites, using this feature will give you a lot more credibility as a business.