The NS, or Name Server records of a domain name, point out which servers manage the Domain Name System (DNS) records for it. Setting the name servers of a given host company for your domain name is the most effective way to direct it to their system and all its sub-records are going to be handled on their end. This includes A (the IP address of the server/website), MX (mail server), TXT (free text), SRV (services), CNAME (forwarding), and so on, if you need to change any one of these records, you are going to be able to do it through their system. To put it differently, the NS records of a domain name point out the DNS servers which 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 Internet domain you are trying to access. That way the web site that you're going to see is going to 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 isn't any sensible difference between the two prefixes, so what kind a web hosting provider is going to use depends entirely on their preference.

NS Records in Cloud Hosting

When you use a cloud plan from our us and you add a new domain address within the account or transfer an existing one from a different provider, you will be able to handle its NS records with ease using the Hepsia web hosting CP, provided with all shared accounts. You are able to change the current name servers or enter additional ones for a single domain or even for a group of domain addresses at the same time with several clicks. This is done via the feature-rich Domain Manager tool that's a part of Hepsia and the user-friendly interface is going to make it simple to control your domain name even if it's the first you have ever registered. It takes only a click to see what name servers a domain name uses at the moment or if they are the correct ones to direct a domain to the hosting space on our end and with a few clicks more you'll even be able to register private name servers for any of the domains that you own. For the latter option you can use the IP addresses of any provider that you'd like the new NS records to forward to.