The NS, or Name Server records of a domain name, indicate 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 forward 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), and so on, if you would like to change any one of these records, you'll be able to do it using their system. To put it differently, the NS records of a domain point out the DNS servers that 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 Internet domain you are trying to reach. That way the web site you will see will be retrieved from the proper location. The name servers normally have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and every single domain name has at least 2 NS records. There's no practical difference between the two prefixes, so what kind a web hosting provider will use depends solely on their preference.
NS Records in Shared Web Hosting
Controlling the NS records for any domain registered inside a shared web hosting account on our top-notch cloud platform will take you only moments. Through the feature-rich Domain Manager tool in the Hepsia CP, you're going to be able to change the name servers not only of one domain address, but even of multiple domains at the same time whenever you would like to point them all to the same hosting provider. The very same steps will also allow you to point newly transferred domain addresses to our platform because the transfer procedure does not change the name servers automatically and the domain addresses will still direct to the old host. If you would like to set up private name servers for a domain address registered on our end, you're going to be able to do that with only a few clicks and with no additional charge, so if you decide to 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 redirecting any other domain name to the same account as well, besides the one they are created for.
NS Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you invest in a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you'll be able to handle the NS records of every domain address registered within it with ease. The Hepsia Control Panel, which is in essence an all-in-one tool for you to control everything related to your web presence, provides a very simple and user-friendly interface. The section in which you will find all your domain names isn't an exception, so even if you have not had a domain name and a hosting account before, updating the name servers or entering additional ones will not take you more than a several clicks. You are also going to be able to see with a glance what name servers each of your domains uses at the moment and if they're the ones required to direct that domain name to the semi-dedicated account. As an added feature, we offer you the opportunity to set up child name servers dns1/2.your-domain.com 100% free. This will give more credibility to your website, particularly if it's a business one, and you can use these name servers for any other domain address that you might want to host in the semi-dedicated account as well.