The NS, or Name Server records of a domain name, show which servers manage the Domain Name System (DNS) records for it. Setting the name servers of a given hosting provider for your domain is the most convenient way to direct it to their system and all its sub-records are going to 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), etc, if you want to modify any one of these records, you are going to be able to do it via their system. In other words, the NS records of a domain name reveal 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 reach. This way the web site that you're going to see is going to be retrieved from the proper location. The name servers typically have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and every single domain address has at least two NS records. There is no practical difference between the two prefixes, so what type a hosting provider will use depends entirely on their preference.

NS Records in Web Hosting

In case you register a domain name within a web hosting account from our company, you will be able to handle its name servers easily. This can be done via the Registered Domains section of the in-house built Hepsia website hosting CP and with just a couple of mouse clicks you will be able to update the NS records of one or even a number of domains at once, which can save you considerable time and efforts if you have a large number of domain addresses that you would like to point to another service provider. You can enter numerous name servers depending on how many the other provider provides you with. We allow you to create private name servers for every Internet domain registered using our company and unlike many other companies we don't charge anything more for this service. The new NS records can be used to point any other domain name to the hosting platform of the provider whose IPs you have used during the process, so each time you use our IPs in particular, all domain addresses included in the account on our end can use these name servers.