The NS (Name Server) records of a domain name point out which DNS servers are authoritative for its zone. Basically, the zone is the group of all records for the domain address, so when you open a URL inside an Internet 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 ought to be retrieved. In this way a browser finds out what the A or AAAA record of the domain address is so that the latter is mapped to an Internet protocol address and the website content is requested from the correct location, a mail relay server detects which server takes care of the e-mails for the domain (MX record) to ensure that a message can be forwarded to the appropriate mailbox, etc. Any change of these sub-records is done using the company whose name servers are employed, so you're able to keep the website hosting and change only your email provider for instance. Every single domain has a minimum of 2 NS records - primary and secondary, that start with a prefix such as NS or DNS.
NS Records in Cloud Website Hosting
In the event you register a domain name in a cloud website hosting account from our company, you will be able to control its name servers easily. This is accomplished using the Registered Domains section of the in-house built Hepsia website hosting Control Panel and with a few mouse clicks you will be able to update the NS records of a single one or even several domains at a time, which could save you considerable time and efforts in case you have a huge number of domain names that you'd like to direct to another provider. You can enter multiple name servers depending on how many the other company provides you with. In addition we permit you to set up private name servers for each domain address registered via our company and unlike many other companies we do not charge anything more for this service. The new NS records can be used to forward any other domain name to the hosting platform of the company whose IPs you have used during the process, so if you use our IPs for example, all domain names included in the account on our end can use these name servers.
NS Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
If you go for a semi-dedicated server account from our company, you are going to be able to manage the NS records of any domain registered within it without difficulty. The Hepsia CP, which is in essence an all-in-one tool where you can handle everything associated with your web presence, provides a very simple and user-friendly interface. The section where you will find all your domain addresses is not an exception, so even if you have not 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 clicks. You'll also have the ability to see with a glance what name servers every one of your domain addresses uses right now and if they are the ones needed to point that domain to the semi-dedicated account. As an additional feature, we present you with opportunity to set up child name servers dns1/2.your-domain.com 100% free. This will give more credibility to your website, particularly if it is a business one, and you may use these name servers for every other domain name that you would like to host within the semi-dedicated account as well.