The NS, or Name Server records of a domain, show which servers manage the Domain Name System (DNS) records for it. Setting the name servers of a given host company for your domain address is the simplest way to direct it to their system and all its sub-records will 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), etc, if you would like to modify any one of these records, you'll be able to do it via their system. To put it differently, the NS records of a domain address 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 retrieve the DNS records of the domain you want to access. In this way the website you'll see will be retrieved from the proper location. The name servers normally have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and every single domain name has at least two NS records. There is absolutely no practical difference between the two prefixes, so which one a host company is going to use depends solely on their preference.
NS Records in Website Hosting
The outstanding Hepsia CP, offered with with our website hosting products, will enable you to manage the name servers of every domain address registered through us with just a couple of mouse clicks, so even when you have not had a web hosting plan or a domain before, you won't encounter any troubles. The Domain Manager tool, which is a part of Hepsia, has a very user-friendly interface and it'll enable you to modify the NS records of any domain or even a number of domain names together. Additionally we offer you the ability to set up child name servers dns1.your-domain.com and dns2.your-domain.com for any domain registered inside the account just as easily and all you need for that is a pair of IPs - either ours, if you'll 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 will use the new records to direct the domain address to their system. In contrast to other companies, we do not charge more for providing this additional DNS management service.
NS Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
The name servers for any domain address which is registered through us may be changed with no more than a few clicks through the advanced, though easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel that comes with all semi-dedicated server plans. It is just as effortless to view the current NS records for a specific domain address and to verify if they're 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 enable you to manage any domain address with ease even if you haven't dealt with such matters before. If you wish, you may even 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're created, but also for any other domain that you might want to host within the same account. This option is very beneficial when you have customers of your own and you want their web sites to use your own name servers in lieu of our default ones. The service is absolutely free.