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 name is the simplest way to point 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), etcetera, so, in case you wish to modify any one of these records, you will be able to do it by using their system. Put simply, the NS records of a domain address 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 you are attempting to access. This way the site you'll see will be retrieved from the right location. The name servers usually have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and every single domain name has at least 2 NS records. There isn't any sensible difference between the two prefixes, so what kind a web hosting provider will use depends only on their preference.
NS Records in Shared Web Hosting
The innovative Hepsia CP, included with with our shared web hosting packages, will allow you to handle the name servers of every domain registered through our company with just a few clicks, so even when you have not had a web hosting plan or a domain name before, you won't encounter any troubles. The Domain Manager tool, which is a part of Hepsia, comes with a very user-friendly interface and it'll enable you to modify the NS records of any domain address or even a number of domain addresses together. Additionally we offer you the opportunity to create child name servers dns1.your-domain.com and dns2.your-domain.com for each domain registered inside the account just as easily and all you need for that is a pair of IPs - either ours, if you will use the child NS to forward the domain address to the account on our cloud platform, or the ones of the third-party company if you will use the new records to forward the domain to their system. Unlike other providers, we don't charge additional for providing this additional DNS management service.
NS Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
When you register a new domain name within a semi-dedicated server account or transfer an existing one from another registrar provider, you will be able to update its NS records as needed without any difficulties even if you have never had a domain name of your own before. The process takes several clicks in Hepsia - the user-friendly administration tool, which comes with our semi-dedicated packages. If you have several domains in the account, you'll be able to update all of them at the same time, which could save you a lot of time and mouse clicks. You can also see with ease the name servers that a domain address uses and if they are the correct ones or not for the domain name to be directed to the account that you have on our sophisticated cloud hosting platform. Hepsia will also enable you to create private name servers under any domain registered inside the account and use them not just for that domain name, but also for every other one that you would like to direct to our cloud platform.