The NS (Name Server) records of a domain show which DNS servers are authoritative for its zone. In simple terms, the zone is the range of all records for the domain name, so when you open a URL inside an Internet browser, your computer asks the DNS servers around the globe where the domain address is hosted and from which servers the DNS records for the domain ought to be retrieved. In this way a browser finds out what the A or AAAA record of the domain is so that the latter is mapped to an Internet protocol address and the web site content is requested from the proper location, a mail relay server detects which server deals with the e-mails for the domain address (MX record) so that a message can be sent to the right mailbox, and so on. Any change of these sub-records is conducted using the company whose name servers are used, so you're able to keep the website hosting and switch only your email provider for example. Each domain has at least two NS records - primary and secondary, that start with a prefix such as NS or DNS.

NS Records in Shared Hosting

In the event you register a domain name within a shared hosting account from our company, you're going to be able to control its name servers without difficulty. This is done using the Registered Domains section of the in-house built Hepsia website hosting Control Panel and with just a few mouse clicks you are going to be able to update the NS records of a single one or even several domain addresses simultaneously, which can save you considerable time and efforts when you have a large number of domains that you'd like to redirect to another provider. You can enter several name servers depending on how many the other provider provides you with. We enable you to create private name servers for each Internet domain registered with our company and unlike many other companies we don't charge anything additional for this service. The newly created NS records can be used to direct any other domain name to the hosting platform of the provider whose IP addresses you have used during the process, so when you use our IPs for example, all domain names added to the account on our end can use these name servers.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you invest in a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you're going to be able to control the NS records of every domain address registered in it effortlessly. The Hepsia Control Panel, which is in essence an all-in-one tool for you to deal with everything associated with your web presence, comes with a very simple and user-friendly interface. The section in which you will find all your domain addresses is not an exception, so even if you have not 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 couple of clicks. You are also going to have the ability to see with a glance what name servers each of your domains uses presently and if they are the ones required to point that domain name to the semi-dedicated account. As an extra feature, we offer you the opportunity to create child name servers dns1/2.your-domain.com totally free. This will give more credibility to your website, particularly when it's a business one, and you can use these name servers for every other domain that you'd like to host within the semi-dedicated account as well.