The NS (Name Server) records of a domain name reveal which DNS servers are authoritative for its zone. Simply, the zone is the selection of all records for the domain name, so when you open a URL in a browser, your personal computer asks the DNS servers around the globe where the domain address is hosted and from which servers the DNS records for the domain address should be retrieved. That way a browser finds out what the A or AAAA record of the domain name is so that the latter is mapped to an IP address and the website content is required from the right location, a mail relay server finds out which server takes care of the emails for the domain address (MX record) so that a message can be sent to the needed mailbox, etc. Any modification of these sub-records is performed through the company whose name servers are used, permitting you to keep the website hosting and change only your email provider for instance. Every single domain name has at least 2 NS records - primary and secondary, which start with a prefix such as NS or DNS.

NS Records in Website Hosting

If you use a Linux website hosting package from our us and you include a new domain address within the account or transfer an existing one from a different provider, you'll be able to manage its NS records with ease using the Hepsia web hosting Control Panel, offered with all shared accounts. You can change the current name servers or enter additional ones for a single domain address or even for a group of domain names at a time with several mouse clicks. This is done through the feature-rich Domain Manager tool that is a part of Hepsia and the user-friendly interface will make it simple to manage your domain address even if it's the first one you've ever registered. It requires merely a click to see what name servers a domain address uses at the moment or if they are the correct ones to point a domain name to the hosting space on our end and with only a few mouse clicks more you are going to even be able to register private name servers for any one of the domain addresses that you own. For the latter option you can use the IPs of every provider that you'd like the new NS records to direct to.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you choose a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you're going to be able to manage the NS records of every domain registered inside it effortlessly. The Hepsia Control Panel, which is in essence an all-in-one tool where you can handle everything related to your web presence, offers a very simple and easy-to-use interface. The section where you will find all of your domain names isn't an exception, so even if you haven't had a domain name and a web hosting account before, updating the name servers or entering additional ones will not take you more than a several clicks. You're also going to have the ability to see with a glance what name servers every one of your domain addresses uses presently and if they are the ones required to point that domain name to the semi-dedicated account. As an additional feature, we give you the opportunity to set up child name servers dns1/2.your-domain.com 100% free. This will give more credibility to your site, particularly when it is a business one, and you can use these name servers for every other domain which you want to host inside the semi-dedicated account as well.