The NS, or Name Server records of a domain, show which servers deal with the Domain Name System (DNS) records for it. Setting the name servers of a given host company for your domain name is the most effective way to point 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, in case you wish to edit any of these records, you're going to be able to do it by using their system. To put it differently, the NS records of a domain show the DNS servers that are authoritative for it, so when you try to open a web address, the DNS servers are contacted to get the DNS records of the domain name you are attempting to access. This way the website you'll see will be retrieved from the correct location. The name servers typically have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and every single domain name has at least 2 NS records. There isn't any sensible difference between the two prefixes, so which one a hosting provider is going to use depends only on their preference.
NS Records in Shared Hosting
The outstanding Hepsia CP, offered with with our shared hosting products, allows you to control the name servers of every single domain name registered through us with simply a few clicks, so even if you have never had a website hosting plan or a domain name before, you won't encounter any difficulties. The Domain Manager tool, which is a part of Hepsia, comes with a very user-friendly interface and it'll permit you to modify the NS records of any domain 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 and every domain registered within the account just as easily and all you need for that is a couple of IP addresses - either ours, if you will use the child NS to direct the domain address to the account on our cloud platform, or the ones of the third-party company if you'll use the new records to forward the domain address to their system. In contrast to other companies, we don't charge extra for providing this additional DNS management service.
NS Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Our semi-dedicated server accounts are handled via Hepsia - an all-in-one tool with extremely user-friendly interface, that will permit you to handle your domain addresses easily even if you haven't used a web hosting account or a domain up to now. Changing the NS records for any domain name registered through our company, viewing the existing ones and whether they are correct or not as to direct that domain to our cloud hosting platform is also fairly simple and requires just a few mouse clicks. You are also going to be able to register child name servers under each and every one of your domain names as a part of the free DNS control services 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 which you accommodate within the semi-dedicated account, so if you provide services to third-parties and host their sites, using this feature will give you more credibility as a business.