The NS, or Name Server records of a domain name, show which servers manage the Domain Name System (DNS) records for it. Setting the name servers of a specific host company for your domain address is the most convenient way to forward it to their system and all its sub-records will be handled 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 if you wish to modify any one of these records, you'll be able to do it using their system. To put it differently, the NS records of a domain name show the DNS servers that are authoritative for it, so when you attempt to open a web address, the DNS servers are contacted to retrieve the DNS records of the domain name you are trying to access. That way the site that you're going to see is going to be retrieved from the right location. The name servers typically have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and every single domain name has at least two NS records. There is absolutely no sensible difference between the two prefixes, so what kind a web hosting provider is going to use depends only on their preference.
NS Records in Cloud Web Hosting
Controlling the NS records for any domain address registered within a cloud web hosting account on our state of the art cloud platform is going to take you just seconds. Via the feature-rich Domain Manager tool within the Hepsia Control Panel, you are going to be able to change the name servers not only of a single domain, but even of numerous domains at once when you would like to forward them all to the same webhosting provider. Identical steps will also allow you to forward newly transferred domain names to our platform because the transfer procedure does not change the name servers automatically and the domains will still forward to the old host. If you want to set up private name servers for a domain address registered on our end, you're going to be able to do that with just a few clicks and with no additional charge, so in case you have a company web site, for example, it's going to have more credibility if it employs name servers of its own. The newly created private name servers can be used for pointing any other domain to the same account too, not only the one they're created for.
NS Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
If you invest in a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you will be able to handle the NS records of each domain name registered in it with ease. The Hepsia CP, which is essentially an all-in-one tool where you can manage everything related 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 and a hosting account before, updating the name servers or entering additional ones won't take you more than a few mouse clicks. You will also be able to see with a glance what name servers each of your domains uses presently and if they're the ones needed to direct that domain name to the semi-dedicated account. As an extra feature, we present you with opportunity to set up child name servers dns1/2.your-domain.com totally free. This will give more credibility to your web site, especially when it is a business one, and you may use these name servers for any other domain that you'd like to host within the semi-dedicated account as well.