The NS, or Name Server records of a domain, reveal which servers deal with the Domain Name System (DNS) records for it. Setting the name servers of a specific host company for your domain name is the most effective way to direct it to their system and all its sub-records will be taken care of on their end. This includes A (the IP address of the server/website), MX (mail server), TXT (free text), SRV (services), CNAME (forwarding), etcetera, if you want to modify some of these records, you're going to be able to do it through their system. In other words, the NS records of a domain name reveal the DNS servers which 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 are trying to reach. That way the site that you're going to see will be retrieved from the right location. The name servers usually have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and every single domain name has at least two NS records. There is no practical difference between the two prefixes, so what kind a hosting provider will use depends exclusively on their preference.
NS Records in Website Hosting
The innovative Hepsia Control Panel, included with with our website hosting plans, will permit you to manage the name servers of any domain address registered through us with only a couple of clicks, so even when you have not had a website hosting plan or a domain name before, you'll not encounter any difficulties. The Domain Manager tool, which is a part of Hepsia, comes with a very user-friendly interface and it'll enable you to edit the NS records of any domain name or even a number of domain addresses together. We also give you the chance to create child name servers dns1.your-domain.com and dns2.your-domain.com for every domain registered within the account just as easily and all you need for that is a pair of IPs - either ours, if you are going to 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 direct the domain name to their system. In contrast to other companies, 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 via Hepsia - an all-in-one tool with very user-friendly interface, that will help you control your domain addresses easily even when you haven't used a web hosting account or a domain name previously. Changing the NS records for any domain registered through our company, viewing the current ones and whether they are correct or not as to forward that domain to our cloud hosting platform is also quite simple and requires as little as a couple of mouse clicks. You are also going to be able to register child name servers under every one of your domain addresses as part of the free DNS control services that we offer with each and every plan and have ns1.your-domain.com and ns2.your-domain.com. The latter can be used for every domain name which you accommodate within the semi-dedicated account, so if you offer services to third-parties and host their websites, employing this feature is going to give you a lot more credibility as a business.