The NS (Name Server) records of a domain point out which DNS servers are authoritative for its zone. Basically, the zone is the group of all records for the domain name, so when you open a URL inside a browser, your computer asks the DNS servers around the globe where the domain name is hosted and from which servers the DNS records for the domain name ought to be retrieved. This way a web browser finds out what the A or AAAA record of the domain name is so that the latter is mapped to an Internet protocol address and the website content is required from the proper location, a mail relay server detects which server manages the emails for the domain (MX record) so a message can be delivered to the needed mailbox, etc. Any modification of these sub-records is done using the company whose name servers are employed, so you're able to keep the web hosting and switch only your email provider for example. Every domain has a minimum of two NS records - primary and secondary, that start with a prefix such as NS or DNS.

NS Records in Website Hosting

Managing the NS records for any domain registered inside a website hosting account on our top-notch cloud platform will take you just seconds. Via the feature-rich Domain Manager tool inside the Hepsia CP, you're going to be able to change the name servers not only of a single domain, but even of many domain names at the same time whenever you intend to point them all to the same hosting provider. The exact same steps will also permit you to direct newly transferred domain names to our platform because the transfer process won't change the name servers automatically and the domain addresses will still point to the old host. If you want to set up private name servers for a domain name registered on our end, you're going to be able to do that with only a few mouse clicks and with no additional charge, so if you decide to have a company website, for example, it's going to have more credibility if it uses name servers of its own. The new private name servers can be used for pointing any other domain name to the same account also, besides the one they are created for.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Our semi-dedicated server accounts are managed using Hepsia - an all-in-one tool with extremely user-friendly interface, that will allow you to control your domains with ease even when you have never used a hosting account or a domain previously. Changing the NS records for any domain registered using our company, viewing the current ones and whether they are accurate or not as to direct that domain address to our cloud hosting platform is also very simple and requires just a few clicks. You will also be able to register child name servers under any of your domain names as an element of the free DNS management services that we offer you with each and every plan and have ns1.your-domain.com and ns2.your-domain.com. The latter can be used for each and every domain address which you accommodate within the semi-dedicated account, so if you provide services to third-parties and host their sites, using this feature will give you far more credibility as a business.