The NS (Name Server) records of a domain point out which DNS servers are authoritative for its zone. Basically, the zone is the collection of all records for the domain address, so when you open a URL within a browser, your PC asks the DNS servers worldwide where the domain name is hosted and from which servers the DNS records for the domain must be retrieved. That 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 web site content is requested from the proper location, a mail relay server finds out which server deals with the e-mails for the domain address (MX record) so that a message can be sent to the right mailbox, and so on. Any change of these sub-records is performed with the help of the company whose name servers are employed, so you can keep the website hosting and change only your email provider for instance. Every Internet domain has at least two NS records - primary and secondary, that start with a prefix such as NS or DNS.

NS Records in Shared Website Hosting

The innovative Hepsia CP, offered with with our shared website hosting products, allows you to handle the name servers of every single domain registered through our company with simply a few mouse clicks, so even when you haven't had a web hosting plan or a domain name before, you won't encounter any difficulties. The Domain Manager tool, which is a part of Hepsia, has a very user-friendly interface and will permit you to modify the NS records of any domain address or even a number of domains all at once. Additionally we offer you the opportunity to create child name servers dns1.your-domain.com and dns2.your-domain.com for each domain registered within the account just as easily and all you need for that is a pair of IP addresses - either ours, if you are going to use the child NS to point the domain 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 do not charge additional for providing this additional DNS management service.