The NS, or Name Server records of a domain name, point out which servers handle the Domain Name System (DNS) records for it. Setting the name servers of a specific hosting provider for your domain address is the most effective way to direct it to their system and all its sub-records are going to be taken care of 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 wish to change some of these records, you will be able to do it via their system. To put it differently, the NS records of a domain 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 name you are attempting to reach. This way the site you will see will be retrieved from the correct location. The name servers typically have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and each domain name has at least two NS records. There's 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 Hosting
Managing the NS records for any domain name registered inside a hosting account on our cutting-edge cloud platform is going to take you merely moments. Through the feature-rich Domain Manager tool within the Hepsia CP, you're going to be able to change the name servers not only of one domain name, but even of multiple domain names simultaneously when you want to direct them all to the same hosting company. The exact same steps will also enable you to point newly transferred domains to our platform because the transfer procedure doesn't change the name servers automatically and the domains will still point to the old host. If you want to create private name servers for a domain address registered on our end, you'll be able to do that with only a couple of clicks and with no additional charge, so if you decide to have a company website, for example, it will have more credibility if it employs name servers of its own. The newly created private name servers can be used for pointing any other domain address to the same account also, not just the one they are created for.
NS Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
The name servers for each domain that's registered through us could be changed with no more than a few clicks from the advanced, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel included with all semi-dedicated server plans. It is just as easy to view the current NS records for a specific domain and to verify if they're the ones that are required for the domain 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 control any domain easily even if you have never dealt with such matters before. If you would like, you can also register private name servers ns1.your-domain.com and ns2.your-domain.com and use them not only for the domain name under which they are set up, but also for any other domain address that you might want to host inside the same account. This option is very handy when you have clients of your own and you want their websites to use your own name servers rather than our default ones. The service is absolutely free.