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 host company for your domain name is the most convenient way to point it to their system and all its sub-records will 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, in case you need to change any one of these records, you're going to be able to do it through their system. Put simply, the NS records of a domain name point out the DNS servers which are authoritative for it, so when you attempt to open a web address, the DNS servers are contacted to get the DNS records of the Internet domain you are attempting to reach. In this way the website that you will see will be retrieved from the proper 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 practical difference between the two prefixes, so which one a website hosting provider is going to use depends entirely on their preference.

NS Records in Web Hosting

The outstanding Hepsia Control Panel, offered with with our web hosting products, will enable you to handle the name servers of each and every domain address registered through our company with simply a couple of clicks, so even though you may have not had a web hosting plan or a domain name before, you simply won't encounter any troubles. The Domain Manager tool, which is a part of Hepsia, features a very user-friendly interface and it'll enable you to edit the NS records of any domain address or even a number of domain addresses simultaneously. In addition we provide you with the opportunity to set up child name servers dns1.your-domain.com and dns2.your-domain.com for every domain 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 point the domain name 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 name to their system. In contrast to other companies, we don't charge extra for providing this additional DNS management service.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The name servers for every domain address which is registered through our company may be changed with no more than a few mouse clicks using the advanced, although easy-to-use Hepsia CP included with all semi-dedicated server plans. It's just as effortless to see the current NS records for a specific domain and to determine if they're the ones that are needed for the domain name to be pointed 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 never dealt with such matters before. If you wish, you can also register private name servers ns1.your-domain.com and ns2.your-domain.com and use them not only for the domain under which they are created, but also for any other domain address that you'd like to host within the same account. This option is very useful when you have clients of your own and you would like their websites to use your own name servers rather than our default ones. The service is available 100 % free.