The NS (Name Server) records of a domain name point out which DNS servers are authoritative for its zone. Basically, the zone is the collection of all records for the domain, so when you open a URL inside an Internet browser, your PC asks the DNS servers globally where the domain address is hosted and from which servers the DNS records for the domain address should be retrieved. With this a browser finds out what the A or AAAA record of the domain is so that the latter is mapped to an IP address and the web site content is requested from the correct location, a mail relay server discovers which server manages the emails for the domain name (MX record) to ensure a message can be delivered to the needed mailbox, and so on. Any change of these sub-records is done through the company whose name servers are used, so you can keep the web hosting and switch only your email provider for example. Every single domain address has at least 2 NS records - primary and secondary, which start with a prefix such as NS or DNS.

NS Records in Cloud Hosting

When you use a cloud hosting plan from our us and you register a new domain name inside the account or transfer an existing one from another company, you are going to be able to control its NS records effortlessly through the Hepsia web hosting CP, offered with all shared accounts. You can change the current name servers or enter additional ones for a single domain name or even for several domain addresses at the same time with several mouse clicks. This is done using the feature-rich Domain Manager tool that's a part of Hepsia and the user-friendly interface will make it simple to control your domain address even if it's the first one you've ever registered. It takes simply a click to see what name servers a domain address uses at the moment or if they're the correct ones to forward a domain name to the hosting space on our end and with only a couple of clicks more you will even be able to register private name servers for each of the domains that you own. For the latter option you can use the IP addresses of each and every company that you want the new NS records to point to.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Our semi-dedicated server accounts are managed via Hepsia - an all-in-one tool with extremely user-friendly interface, which will enable you to manage your domain names easily even when you haven't used a hosting account or a domain in the past. Changing the NS records for any domain name registered with our company, viewing the current ones and whether they are correct or not as to direct that domain to our cloud hosting platform is also quite simple and takes as little as a couple of mouse clicks. You're also going to be able to register child name servers under each and every one of your domain addresses as part of the free DNS control services 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 any domain name that you accommodate in the semi-dedicated account, so if you provide services to third-parties and host their web sites, employing this feature will give you a lot more credibility as a business.