The NS (Name Server) records of a domain name reveal which DNS servers are authoritative for its zone. In simple terms, the zone is the group of all records for the domain address, so when you open a URL inside an Internet browser, your computer asks the DNS servers world-wide where the domain is hosted and from which servers the DNS records for the domain address should be retrieved. With this a browser finds out what the A or AAAA record of the domain address is so that the latter is mapped to an IP and the site content is required from the correct location, a mail relay server finds out which server handles the e-mails for the domain address (MX record) so that a message can be delivered to the appropriate mailbox, and so on. Any change of these sub-records is done using the company whose name servers are used, permitting you to keep the website hosting and switch only your email provider for example. Each and every domain name has at least two NS records - primary and secondary, which start with a prefix like NS or DNS.

NS Records in Shared Hosting

If you register a domain name inside a shared hosting account from our company, you're going to be able to handle its name servers with ease. This can be done using the Registered Domains section of the in-house built Hepsia website hosting Control Panel and with a few mouse clicks you are going to be able to update the NS records of a single one or even a number of domain addresses at once, which can save you considerable time and efforts in case you have a large number of domain addresses you want to point to a different provider. You can enter many name servers depending on how many the other company offers you. Furthermore we permit you to create private name servers for any Internet domain registered via our company and unlike many other companies we do not charge anything extra for this service. The new NS records can be used to redirect any other domain to the hosting platform of the provider whose IPs you have used during the process, so each time you use our IPs for instance, all domain addresses included in the account on our end can use these name servers.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you go for a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you're going to be able to control the NS records of each domain name registered within it easily. The Hepsia CP, which is basically an all-in-one tool where you can deal with everything relevant to your web presence, provides a very simple and user-friendly interface. The section where you will find all of your domain names isn't an exception, so even if you have not had a domain address and a web hosting account before, updating the name servers or entering additional ones won't take you more than a few clicks. You'll also have the ability to see with a glance what name servers each and every one of your domain names uses right now and if they're the ones required to forward that domain to the semi-dedicated account. As an additional feature, we offer you the opportunity to set up child name servers dns1/2.your-domain.com free of charge. This will give more credibility to your web site, particularly when it's a business one, and you could use these name servers for every other domain which you want to host within the semi-dedicated account as well.