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 given hosting provider for your domain name is the most effective way to direct it to their system and all its sub-records will be taken care of 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, if you wish to edit any one of these records, you're going to be able to do it via their system. In other words, the NS records of a domain address reveal 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 Internet domain you are trying to reach. This way the web site that you'll see will 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's no functional difference between the two prefixes, so which one a website hosting provider will use depends only on their preference.

NS Records in Web Hosting

In case you register a domain name in a web hosting account from our company, you'll be able to manage its name servers with ease. This is done using the Registered Domains section of the in-house built Hepsia hosting Control Panel and with just a couple of clicks you're going to be able to update the NS records of a single one or even a number of domain addresses simultaneously, which will save you time and efforts in case you have a large number of domain names that you would like to redirect to a different service provider. You can enter a number of name servers depending on how many the other company gives you. We also enable you to set up private name servers for every single domain address registered using our company and unlike many other providers we don't charge anything additional for this service. The newly created NS records can be used to redirect any other domain name to the hosting platform of the provider whose IPs you have used during the process, so when you use our IPs in particular, all domain addresses added to the account on our end can use these name servers.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

The name servers for each domain address that's registered through our company can be changed with no more than a few clicks via the advanced, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel that is included with all semi-dedicated server plans. It's just as easy to view the current NS records for a given domain address and to determine if they're the ones that are required for the domain address to be directed to your hosting account. The Domain Manager tool, which is a part of Hepsia, is user-friendly enough to enable you to handle any domain name effortlessly even if you have not dealt with such matters before. If you would like, you may also register private name servers ns1.your-domain.com and ns2.your-domain.com and use them not just for the domain address under which they are created, but also for any other domain address that you might want to host within the same account. This option is very beneficial if you have customers of your own and you would like their websites to use your own name servers in lieu of our default ones. The service is totally free.