The NS, or Name Server records of a domain name, show which servers handle the Domain Name System (DNS) records for it. Setting the name servers of a given host company for your domain name is the simplest way to point it to their system and all its sub-records will be managed on their end. This includes A (the IP address of the server/website), MX (mail server), TXT (free text), SRV (services), CNAME (forwarding), etc, so, in case you need to edit any one of these records, you're going to be able to do it via their system. In other words, the NS records of a domain reveal the DNS servers that are authoritative for it, so when you try to open a web address, the DNS servers are contacted to retrieve the DNS records of the Internet domain you are trying to reach. That way the web site that you're going to see will be retrieved from the right location. The name servers typically have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and each domain name has at least 2 NS records. There's no sensible difference between the two prefixes, so which one a host company is going to use depends solely on their preference.
NS Records in Cloud Website Hosting
Controlling the NS records for any domain address registered inside a cloud website hosting account on our state of the art cloud platform is going to take you merely moments. Through the feature-rich Domain Manager tool in the Hepsia CP, you'll be able to change the name servers not only of a single domain address, but even of numerous domain names at a time in case that you would like to direct them all to the same webhosting provider. Identical steps will also permit you to forward newly transferred domain addresses to our platform given that the transfer procedure is not going to change the name servers automatically and the domain addresses will still forward to the old host. If you would like to set up private name servers for an Internet domain registered on our end, you're going to be able to do that with only a few clicks and with no additional charge, so in case you have a company web site, for instance, it will have more credibility if it employs name servers of its own. The newly created private name servers can be used for directing any other domain name to the same account also, not just the one they are created for.
NS Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Our semi-dedicated server accounts are administered using Hepsia - an all-in-one tool with very user-friendly interface, that will permit you to manage your domains with ease even when you have not used a web hosting account or a domain name up to now. Changing the NS records for any domain registered using our company, viewing the existing ones and whether they are accurate or not as to point that domain name to our cloud hosting platform is also very simple and requires as little as several mouse clicks. You're also going to be able to register child name servers under any of your domains as a part of the free DNS control services that we offer you with each and every plan and have ns1.your-domain.com and ns2.your-domain.com. The latter can be used for any domain address you accommodate in the semi-dedicated account, so if you offer services to third-parties and host their websites, using this feature will give you far more credibility as a business.