The NS (Name Server) records of a domain show which DNS servers are authoritative for its zone. Essentially, the zone is the group of all records for the domain, so when you open a URL inside a web browser, your personal computer asks the DNS servers world-wide where the domain name is hosted and from which servers the DNS records for the domain address should be retrieved. This way a web browser finds out what the A or AAAA record of the domain address 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 handles the e-mails for the domain name (MX record) so that a message can be sent to the correct mailbox, etc. Any modification of these sub-records is conducted with the help of the company whose name servers are employed, allowing you to keep the web hosting and change only your email provider for example. Each Internet domain has a minimum of two NS records - primary and secondary, that start with a prefix like NS or DNS.

NS Records in Shared Web Hosting

Controlling the NS records for any domain address registered inside a shared web hosting account on our state of the art cloud platform is going to take you just seconds. Via the feature-rich Domain Manager tool within the Hepsia Control Panel, you are going to be able to change the name servers not only of one domain name, but even of multiple domain names at once when you would like to forward them all to the same hosting company. The exact same steps will also allow you to direct newly transferred domain names to our platform for the reason that transfer procedure will not change the name servers automatically and the domain addresses will still redirect to the old host. If you wish to set up private name servers for a domain name registered on our end, you'll be able to do that with a few clicks and with no additional charge, so in case you have a company web site, for example, it's going to have more credibility if it uses name servers of its own. The newly created private name servers can be used for pointing any other domain to the same account also, besides the one they're created for.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you invest in a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you'll be able to manage the NS records of each domain address registered within it without difficulty. The Hepsia CP, which is in essence an all-in-one tool where you can manage everything related to your web presence, offers a very simple and easy-to-use interface. The section in which you will find all your domains is not an exception, so even if you have not had a domain address and a hosting account before, updating the name servers or entering additional ones won't take you more than a few mouse clicks. You're also going to be able to see with a glance what name servers each and every one of your domain names uses right now and if they're the ones needed to direct 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 free of charge. This will give more credibility to your site, especially when it's a business one, and you can use these name servers for any other domain name that you might want to host within the semi-dedicated account as well.