The NS (Name Server) records of a domain name show which DNS servers are authoritative for its zone. Simply, the zone is the group of all records for the domain, so when you open a URL within an Internet browser, your laptop or computer asks the DNS servers worldwide where the domain name is hosted and from which servers the DNS records for the domain name should be retrieved. With this a browser finds out what the A or AAAA record of the domain is so that the latter is mapped to an IP address and the web site content is required from the right location, a mail relay server detects which server handles the e-mails for the domain address (MX record) so a message can be sent to the right mailbox, and so forth. Any modification of these sub-records is performed using the company whose name servers are employed, enabling you to keep the web hosting and change only your email provider for instance. Every single domain address has no less than two NS records - primary and secondary, that start with a prefix such as NS or DNS.

NS Records in Shared Hosting

The innovative Hepsia CP, offered with with our shared hosting plans, allows you to handle the name servers of each domain name registered through our company with just a few mouse clicks, so even when you have not had a hosting plan or a domain before, you simply won't encounter any issues. The Domain Manager tool, which is a part of Hepsia, comes with a very user-friendly interface and it will enable you to edit the NS records of any domain name or even a number of domain addresses all at once. Additionally we provide you with the chance to set up child name servers dns1.your-domain.com and dns2.your-domain.com for every domain address registered in the account just as easily and all you need for that is a couple of IPs - either ours, if you're going to use the child NS to point 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 direct the domain to their system. In contrast to other providers, we don't charge additional for providing this additional DNS management service.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Our semi-dedicated server accounts are administered through Hepsia - an all-in-one tool with very user-friendly interface, that will help you control your domains effortlessly even when you haven't used a hosting account or a domain in the past. Changing the NS records for any domain registered through our company, viewing the current ones and whether they are correct or not as to direct that domain to our cloud hosting platform is also very simple and requires just several clicks. You will also be able to register child name servers under every one of your domain addresses as an element of the free DNS administration services that 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 every domain address you accommodate within the semi-dedicated account, so if you offer services to third-parties and host their sites, employing this feature will give you much more credibility as a business.