The NS, or Name Server records of a domain, reveal which servers handle the Domain Name System (DNS) records for it. Setting the name servers of a particular hosting provider for your domain name is the most effective way to direct it to their system and all its sub-records are going to be taken care of on their end. This includes A (the IP address of the server/website), MX (mail server), TXT (free text), SRV (services), CNAME (forwarding), and so forth, so, in case you would like to edit any of these records, you're going to be able to do it through their system. In other words, the NS records of a domain name reveal the DNS servers which are authoritative for it, so when you try to open a web address, the DNS servers are contacted to obtain the DNS records of the domain you are attempting to reach. In this way the web site that you're going to see will be retrieved from the correct location. The name servers usually have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and every single domain name has at least two NS records. There isn't any functional difference between the two prefixes, so which one a hosting provider will use depends solely on their preference.

NS Records in Website Hosting

The outstanding Hepsia CP, offered with with our website hosting products, will permit you to control the name servers of every single domain address registered through us with just a couple of clicks, so even when you have never had a web hosting plan or a domain before, you will not encounter any difficulties. The Domain Manager tool, which is a part of Hepsia, features a very user-friendly interface and will enable you to modify the NS records of any domain address or even a number of domain names simultaneously. In addition we offer you the chance to create child name servers dns1.your-domain.com and dns2.your-domain.com for each domain address registered within the account just as easily and all you need for that is a pair of IPs - either ours, if you are going to use the child NS to forward the domain name to the account on our cloud platform, or the ones of the third-party company if you'll use the new records to redirect the domain address to their system. In contrast to other providers, we don't charge extra for providing this additional DNS management service.