The NS, or Name Server records of a domain, reveal which servers deal with the Domain Name System (DNS) records for it. Setting the name servers of a particular hosting provider for your domain name is the easiest 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 if you want to modify any one of these records, you're going to be able to do it using their system. To put it differently, the NS records of a domain address reveal the DNS servers which 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 you want to access. In this way the site that you're going to see is going to be retrieved from the right location. The name servers typically have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and every single domain has at least two NS records. There is absolutely no sensible difference between the two prefixes, so what kind a web hosting provider will use depends completely on their preference.

NS Records in Shared Web Hosting

The outstanding Hepsia Control Panel, offered with with our shared web hosting products, will permit you to take care of the name servers of every domain registered through our company with just a couple of mouse clicks, so even if you have never had a website hosting plan or a domain name before, you simply won't encounter any problems. The Domain Manager tool, which is a part of Hepsia, comes with a very user-friendly interface and it will enable you to edit the NS records of any domain name or even a number of domain addresses all at once. In addition we provide you with the chance to create child name servers dns1.your-domain.com and dns2.your-domain.com for each and every domain registered inside the account just as easily and all you need for that is a couple of IP addresses - either ours, if you're going to use the child NS to point 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 direct the domain name to their system. Unlike other companies, we don't charge more for providing this additional DNS management service.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Our semi-dedicated server accounts are managed using Hepsia - an all-in-one tool with very user-friendly interface, which will help you control your domain names effortlessly even if you have never used a hosting account or a domain name before. Changing the NS records for each and every domain address registered with our company, viewing the current ones and whether they are correct or not as to direct that domain address to our cloud hosting platform is also quite simple and requires just a couple of mouse clicks. You're also going to be able to register child name servers under each and every one of your domain names as a part of the free DNS control services that we provide with each and every plan and have ns1.your-domain.com and ns2.your-domain.com. The latter can be used for every domain name which you accommodate within the semi-dedicated account, so if you offer services to third-parties and host their websites, employing this feature will give you a lot more credibility as a business.