The NS (Name Server) records of a domain name reveal which DNS servers are authoritative for its zone. Simply, the zone is the range of all records for the domain address, so when you open a URL inside a browser, your personal computer asks the DNS servers around the globe where the domain address is hosted and from which servers the DNS records for the domain should be retrieved. With this a browser finds out what the A or AAAA record of the domain name is so that the latter is mapped to an IP address and the website content is required from the right location, a mail relay server discovers which server deals with the e-mails for the domain address (MX record) so that a message can be forwarded to the right mailbox, etc. Any modification of these sub-records is performed through the company whose name servers are employed, enabling you to keep the web hosting and switch only your email provider for example. Every single domain name has at least 2 NS records - primary and secondary, which start with a prefix such as NS or DNS.

NS Records in Cloud Web Hosting

Managing the NS records for any domain name registered inside a cloud web hosting account on our cutting-edge cloud platform is going to take you only seconds. Through the feature-rich Domain Manager tool in the Hepsia Control Panel, you're going to be able to change the name servers not only of one domain name, but even of numerous domain names at the same time when you need to point them all to the same hosting provider. The very same steps will also enable you to direct newly transferred domain addresses to our platform since the transfer process is not going to change the name servers automatically and the domain names will still direct to the old host. If you need to set up private name servers for a domain registered on our end, you are going to be able to do that with only a couple of mouse clicks and with no additional charge, so if you decide to have a company website, for instance, it'll have more credibility if it uses name servers of its own. The new private name servers can be used for forwarding any other domain name to the same account as well, not only the one they are created for.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you invest in a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you'll be able to control the NS records of each domain registered within it without difficulty. The Hepsia Control Panel, which is essentially an all-in-one tool where you can manage everything associated with your web presence, provides a very simple and easy-to-use interface. The section in which you will find all your domain names is not an exception, so even if you have not had a domain address and a website hosting account before, updating the name servers or entering additional ones will not take you more than a several mouse clicks. You'll also have the ability to see with a glance what name servers each and every one of your domain names uses right now and if they are the ones needed to forward that domain address to the semi-dedicated account. As an added feature, we offer you the opportunity to set up child name servers dns1/2.your-domain.com at no extra cost. This will give more credibility to your site, particularly if it is a business one, and you could use these name servers for any other domain address which you want to host within the semi-dedicated account as well.