The NS, or Name Server records of a domain name, point out which servers manage the Domain Name System (DNS) records for it. Setting the name servers of a particular hosting provider for your domain name is the simplest way to forward it to their system and all its sub-records are going to 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), etcetera, so, in case you want to modify some of these records, you're going to be able to do it through their system. Put simply, the NS records of a domain point out 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 want to access. That way the website you'll see will be retrieved from the correct location. The name servers normally have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and each and every domain has at least two NS records. There is absolutely no sensible difference between the two prefixes, so what type a web hosting provider is going to use depends only on their preference.
NS Records in Cloud Website Hosting
If you use a Linux cloud website hosting package from our us and you register a new domain address in the account or transfer an existing one from a different provider, you will be able to handle its NS records easily through the Hepsia website hosting Control Panel, provided with all shared accounts. You'll be able to change the current name servers or enter additional ones for a single domain or even for many domains at a time with several mouse clicks. This is done through the feature-rich Domain Manager tool that's a part of Hepsia and the user-friendly interface will make it simple to handle your domain name even if it's the first you have ever registered. It requires merely a click to see what name servers a domain name uses at the moment or if they are the correct ones to direct a domain name to the hosting space on our end and with only a couple of mouse clicks more you will even be able to register private name servers for any of the domains that you own. For the latter option you can use the IPs of any company that you would like the new NS records to forward to.
NS Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
If you go for a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you will be able to manage the NS records of any domain registered within it with ease. The Hepsia Control Panel, which is essentially an all-in-one tool where you can deal with everything related to your web presence, provides a very simple and easy-to-use interface. The section where you will find your domain names isn't an exception, so even if you haven't had a domain and a 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 are also going to be able to see with a glance what name servers every one of your domain addresses uses at the moment and if they are the ones needed to point that domain 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, particularly if it's a business one, and you could use these name servers for any other domain name that you might want to host within the semi-dedicated account as well.