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 address, so when you open a URL inside a web browser, your PC asks the DNS servers around the globe where the domain address is hosted and from which servers the DNS records for the domain should be retrieved. In 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 web site content is required from the proper location, a mail relay server detects which server handles the e-mails for the domain name (MX record) so that a message can be forwarded to the right mailbox, and so forth. Any modification of these sub-records is done through the company whose name servers are employed, so you're able to keep the web hosting and switch only your email provider for instance. Every single domain has at least 2 NS records - primary and secondary, which start with a prefix like NS or DNS.

NS Records in Cloud Hosting

If you use a Linux cloud hosting package from our company and you register a new domain address in the account or transfer an existing one from another provider, you'll be able to handle its NS records easily using the Hepsia website hosting CP, which comes with all shared accounts. You'll be able to change the current name servers or enter additional ones for a single domain address or even for several domain addresses at the same time with several mouse clicks. This is done via the feature-rich Domain Manager tool that's a part of Hepsia and the user-friendly interface will make it simple to handle your domain name even if it's the first one you've ever registered. It requires simply a mouse 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 a few mouse clicks more you will even be able to register private name servers for any one of the domain names that you own. For the latter option you can use the IPs of any company that you want the new NS records to direct to.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Our semi-dedicated server accounts are handled through Hepsia - an all-in-one tool with very user-friendly interface, which will allow you to control your domain names easily even if you haven't used a hosting account or a domain up to now. Changing the NS records for each domain address registered with our company, viewing the current ones and whether they are correct or not as to forward that domain to our cloud hosting platform is also fairly simple and takes only a few mouse clicks. You will also be able to register child name servers under any of your domains as a part of the free DNS control 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 any domain address you accommodate within the semi-dedicated account, so if you provide services to third-parties and host their web sites, using this feature is going to give you far more credibility as a business.