The NS, or Name Server records of a domain name, point out which servers handle the Domain Name System (DNS) records for it. Setting the name servers of a particular host company for your domain address is the easiest way to point 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), etcetera, so, in case you want to change some of these records, you'll be able to do it via their system. Put simply, the NS records of a domain address reveal the DNS servers that 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 domain you are attempting to reach. In this way the website that you will see is going to be retrieved from the right location. The name servers typically have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and each and every domain has at least two NS records. There is absolutely no functional difference between the two prefixes, so what kind a host company will use depends only on their preference.
NS Records in Shared Hosting
The outstanding Hepsia Control Panel, offered with with our shared hosting products, will permit you to handle the name servers of each and every domain name registered through our company with just a few mouse clicks, so even if you haven't had a web hosting plan or a domain address before, you won't encounter any problems. The Domain Manager tool, which is a part of Hepsia, comes with a very user-friendly interface and it'll permit you to change the NS records of any domain or even a number of domain names simultaneously. We offer you the opportunity to create child name servers dns1.your-domain.com and dns2.your-domain.com for every single domain registered within the account just as easily and all you need for that is a pair of IP addresses - either ours, if you will use the child NS to forward the domain to the account on our cloud platform, or the ones of the third-party provider if you'll use the new records to forward the domain name to their system. Unlike other companies, we do not charge extra for providing this additional DNS management service.
NS Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
The name servers for each domain which is registered through us can be changed with no more than a few mouse clicks from the sophisticated, though easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel that comes with all semi-dedicated server plans. It is just as simple to view the current NS records for a specific domain and to determine if they are the ones that are required for the domain to be directed to your hosting account. The Domain Manager tool, which is a part of Hepsia, is user-friendly enough to allow you to control any domain address effortlessly even if you have never dealt with such matters before. If you would like, you can even register private name servers ns1.your-domain.com and ns2.your-domain.com and use them not just for the domain name under which they're set up, but also for any other domain name that you would like to host in the very same account. This option is very useful if you have customers of your own and you wish their web sites to use your own name servers instead of our default ones. The service is available totally free.