The NS (Name Server) records of a domain reveal which DNS servers are authoritative for its zone. Essentially, the zone is the range of all records for the domain address, so when you open a URL inside a web browser, your personal computer asks the DNS servers worldwide where the domain is hosted and from which servers the DNS records for the domain name ought to be retrieved. That 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 site content is required from the right location, a mail relay server finds out which server deals with the emails for the domain name (MX record) to ensure a message can be delivered to the needed mailbox, etc. Any change of these sub-records is conducted with the help of the company whose name servers are used, so that you can keep the website hosting and switch only your email provider for instance. Every domain address has a minimum of 2 NS records - primary and secondary, which start with a prefix like NS or DNS.

NS Records in Shared Website Hosting

When you use a shared website hosting from our us and you register a new domain address inside the account or transfer an existing one from another company, you will be able to handle its NS records with ease using the Hepsia web 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 or even for several domain names at once with several clicks. This is done using the feature-rich Domain Manager tool that is a part of Hepsia and the user-friendly interface will make it easy to manage your domain address even if it is the first one you've ever registered. It takes simply a click to see what name servers a domain name uses at the moment or if they're the correct ones to direct a domain name to the hosting space on our end and with only a couple of clicks more you are going to even be able to register private name servers for any one of the domains that you own. For the latter option you can use the IP addresses of each provider that you want the new NS records to forward to.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

The name servers for each domain that's registered through us can be changed with no more than a few clicks from the leading-edge, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel that is included with all semi-dedicated server plans. It's just as effortless to view the current NS records for a particular domain address and to verify if they're the ones that are required for the domain name to be directed to your hosting account. The Domain Manager tool, which is a part of Hepsia, is user-friendly enough to allow you to handle any domain address easily even if you haven't dealt with such matters before. If you'd like, you can also register private name servers ns1.your-domain.com and ns2.your-domain.com and use them not only for the domain address under which they are created, but also for any other domain name that you would like to host in the same account. This option is very handy when you have clients of your own and you would like their websites to use your own name servers in lieu of our default ones. The service is 100 % free.