The NS (Name Server) records of a domain name reveal which DNS servers are authoritative for its zone. Simply, the zone is the collection of all records for the domain address, so when you open a URL within an Internet browser, your PC asks the DNS servers worldwide where the domain is hosted and from which servers the DNS records for the domain address ought to be retrieved. With this a web browser finds out what the A or AAAA record of the domain is so that the latter is mapped to an Internet protocol address and the website content is requested from the right location, a mail relay server finds out which server handles the e-mails for the domain address (MX record) so a message can be delivered to the appropriate mailbox, and so on. Any modification of these sub-records is conducted using the company whose name servers are used, so you can keep the website hosting and switch only your email provider for instance. Each and every Internet domain has no less than two NS records - primary and secondary, that start with a prefix like NS or DNS.

NS Records in Cloud Website Hosting

Managing the NS records for any domain name registered within a cloud website hosting account on our state of the art cloud platform will take you just seconds. Via the feature-rich Domain Manager tool in the Hepsia CP, you'll be able to change the name servers not just of one domain name, but even of multiple domain addresses at once in case that you want to forward them all to the same webhosting provider. The exact same steps will also enable you to direct newly transferred domain names to our platform as the transfer process won't change the name servers automatically and the domains will still point to the old host. If you wish to set up private name servers for a domain address registered on our end, you will be able to do that with just a few clicks and with no additional charge, so when you have a company web site, as an example, it's going to have more credibility if it employs name servers of its own. The new private name servers can be used for pointing any other domain address to the same account too, not only the one they are created for.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you invest in a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you will be able to handle the NS records of each domain address registered in it without difficulty. The Hepsia Control Panel, which is in essence an all-in-one tool where you can handle everything related to your web presence, offers a very simple and easy-to-use interface. The section where you will find all your domains isn't an exception, so even if you haven't had a domain name and a website hosting account before, updating the name servers or entering additional ones will not take you more than a couple of clicks. You will also have the ability to see with a glance what name servers each of your domain addresses uses right now and if they're the ones required to direct that domain address to the semi-dedicated account. As an extra feature, we present you with opportunity to set up child name servers dns1/2.your-domain.com totally free. This will give more credibility to your site, especially when it is a business one, and you can use these name servers for every other domain which you want to host inside the semi-dedicated account as well.