The NS (Name Server) records of a domain 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 within an Internet browser, your computer asks the DNS servers worldwide where the domain address is hosted and from which servers the DNS records for the domain must be retrieved. In this way a browser finds out what the A or AAAA record of the domain address is so that the latter is mapped to an Internet protocol address and the website content is required from the correct location, a mail relay server discovers which server deals with the emails for the domain address (MX record) so that a message can be sent to the appropriate mailbox, and so on. Any modification of these sub-records is conducted using the company whose name servers are used, so you're able to keep the web hosting and switch only your email provider for instance. Every single domain has no less than two NS records - primary and secondary, which start with a prefix like NS or DNS.

NS Records in Web Hosting

Controlling the NS records for any domain address registered within a web hosting account on our cutting-edge cloud platform will take you just moments. Using the feature-rich Domain Manager tool within the Hepsia CP, you're going to be able to change the name servers not just of one domain address, but even of numerous domain names at once whenever you would like to forward them all to the same hosting provider. Exactly the same steps will also allow you to forward newly transferred domains to our platform as the transfer process won't change the name servers automatically and the domain names will still direct to the old host. If you would like to create private name servers for a domain address registered on our end, you'll be able to do that with only a few mouse clicks and with no additional charge, so if you have a company web site, for example, it will have more credibility if it uses name servers of its own. The new private name servers can be used for forwarding any other domain name to the same account as well, besides the one they're created for.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

The name servers for each and every domain which is registered through us may be changed with no more than a few clicks using the advanced, though easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel that is included with all semi-dedicated server plans. It's just as effortless to see the current NS records for a specific domain and to check if they are the ones that are necessary for the domain name to be pointed to your hosting account. The Domain Manager tool, which is a part of Hepsia, is user-friendly enough to permit you to control any domain address easily even if you have never dealt with such matters before. If you wish, you can even 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'd like to host in the same account. This feature is very beneficial when you have customers of your own and you want their websites to use your own name servers in lieu of our default ones. The service is available totally free.