The NS (Name Server) records of a domain point out which DNS servers are authoritative for its zone. Essentially, the zone is the collection of all records for the domain, so when you open a URL within a browser, your laptop or computer asks the DNS servers globally where the domain address is hosted and from which servers the DNS records for the domain address should be retrieved. In this way a browser finds out what the A or AAAA record of the domain address is so that the latter is mapped to an IP address and the web site content is requested from the right location, a mail relay server detects which server handles the emails for the domain (MX record) so that a message can be sent to the needed mailbox, and so on. Any modification of these sub-records is conducted through the company whose name servers are used, enabling you to keep the web hosting and change only your email provider for instance. Each domain has no less than 2 NS records - primary and secondary, which start with a prefix such as NS or DNS.

NS Records in Shared Hosting

The outstanding Hepsia Control Panel, included with with our shared hosting products, will allow you to handle the name servers of any domain registered through our company with simply a few clicks, so even though you may haven't had a web hosting plan or a domain name before, you will not encounter any issues. The Domain Manager tool, which is a part of Hepsia, has a very user-friendly interface and it will permit you to edit the NS records of any domain or even a number of domain names all at once. We offer you the ability to set up child name servers dns1.your-domain.com and dns2.your-domain.com for every domain registered within the account just as easily and all you need for that is a couple of IP addresses - either ours, if you will use the child NS to direct the domain to the account on our cloud platform, or the ones of the third-party company if you'll use the new records to forward the domain name to their system. In contrast to other companies, we do not charge additional for providing this additional DNS management service.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you choose a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you are going to be able to control the NS records of each domain address registered in it with ease. The Hepsia Control Panel, which is essentially an all-in-one tool where you can deal with everything relevant to your web presence, offers a very simple and intuitive interface. The section where you will find all your domain names is not an exception, so even if you have never had a domain address and a website hosting account before, updating the name servers or entering additional ones is not going to take you more than a several clicks. You will also be able to see with a glance what name servers each and every one of your domain names uses currently and if they're the ones needed to forward that domain name to the semi-dedicated account. As an added feature, we offer you the opportunity to create child name servers dns1/2.your-domain.com free of charge. This will give more credibility to your web site, especially when it's a business one, and you could use these name servers for any other domain name that you'd like to host inside the semi-dedicated account as well.