The NS (Name Server) records of a domain point out which DNS servers are authoritative for its zone. Basically, the zone is the group of all records for the domain name, so when you open a URL within a web browser, your personal 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. That way a web 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 website content is required from the right location, a mail relay server detects which server takes care of the emails for the domain name (MX record) to ensure a message can be sent to the needed mailbox, etc. Any modification of these sub-records is conducted through the company whose name servers are employed, enabling you to keep the web hosting and switch only your email provider for example. Each and every domain address has at least two NS records - primary and secondary, that start with a prefix like NS or DNS.

NS Records in Shared Website Hosting

If you use a shared website hosting from our company and you add a new domain name within the account or transfer an existing one from another company, you will be able to control its NS records effortlessly through the Hepsia web hosting Control Panel, offered with all shared accounts. You are able to change the current name servers or enter additional ones for a single domain or even for several domains simultaneously with several clicks. This is done using the feature-rich Domain Manager tool which is a part of Hepsia and the user-friendly interface is going to make it simple to handle your domain even if it's the first one you have ever registered. It requires simply a mouse click to see what name servers a domain name uses at the moment or if they are the correct ones to point a domain name to the hosting space on our end and with a few mouse clicks more you'll even be able to register private name servers for any one of the domains that you own. For the latter option you can use the IPs of every provider that you would like the new NS records to forward to.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you invest in a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you will be able to control the NS records of every domain address registered inside it with ease. The Hepsia Control Panel, which is essentially an all-in-one tool for you to deal with everything related to your web presence, provides a very simple and easy-to-use interface. The section in which you will find your domain addresses is not an exception, so even if you haven't 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 couple of mouse clicks. You will also have the ability to see with a glance what name servers each of your domain addresses uses currently and if they are the ones required to direct that domain address to the semi-dedicated account. As an additional feature, we offer you the opportunity to create child name servers dns1/2.your-domain.com at no extra cost. This will give more credibility to your site, particularly if it's a business one, and you may use these name servers for every other domain that you might want to host within the semi-dedicated account as well.