The NS, or Name Server records of a domain, indicate which servers manage the Domain Name System (DNS) records for it. Setting the name servers of a particular hosting provider for your domain is the simplest way to point 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, so, in case you would like to modify some of these records, you'll be able to do it via their system. Put simply, the NS records of a domain address show 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 name you are trying to access. That way the website you will see is going to be retrieved from the correct location. The name servers usually have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and every single domain address has at least 2 NS records. There's no practical difference between the two prefixes, so what kind a host company is going to use depends exclusively on their preference.

NS Records in Shared Hosting

If you register a domain name within a shared hosting account from our company, you are going to be able to handle its name servers with ease. This is accomplished through the Registered Domains section of the in-house built Hepsia website hosting CP and with a few mouse clicks you're going to be able to update the NS records of one or even a number of domain addresses at once, which could save you time and efforts in case you have a huge number of domain addresses that you'd like to direct to another provider. You can enter several name servers depending on how many the other provider offers you. Additionally we enable you to create private name servers for every single domain address registered using our company and unlike many other companies we do not charge anything more for this service. The new NS records can be used to forward any other domain name to the hosting platform of the company whose IP addresses you have used during the process, so every time you use our IPs for example, all domain addresses added to the account on our end can use these name servers.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

The name servers for each domain which is registered through us may be changed with no more than a few clicks from the advanced, though easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel included with all semi-dedicated server plans. It's just as simple to see the current NS records for a given domain name and to check if they're the ones that are necessary for the domain address to be forwarded to your hosting account. The Domain Manager tool, which is a part of Hepsia, is user-friendly enough to allow you to manage any domain address with ease even if you haven't dealt with such matters before. If you'd like, you may also 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 are created, but also for any other domain that you would like to host within the very same account. This option is very useful when you have clients of your own and you would like their sites to use your own name servers instead of our default ones. The service is available absolutely free.