The NS (Name Server) records of a domain point out which DNS servers are authoritative for its zone. Basically, the zone is the group of all records for the domain, so when you open a URL within a web browser, your personal computer asks the DNS servers around the globe where the domain is hosted and from which servers the DNS records for the domain address ought to be retrieved. In this way a browser finds out what the A or AAAA record of the domain name is so that the latter is mapped to an Internet protocol address and the web site content is requested from the correct location, a mail relay server finds out which server deals with the e-mails for the domain name (MX record) so a message can be forwarded to the appropriate mailbox, etc. Any modification of these sub-records is done through the company whose name servers are used, permitting you to keep the web hosting and switch only your email provider for instance. Each and every domain name has a minimum of two NS records - primary and secondary, that start with a prefix like NS or DNS.
NS Records in Cloud Website Hosting
Controlling the NS records for any domain address registered within a cloud website hosting account on our cutting-edge cloud platform is going to take you just seconds. Using the feature-rich Domain Manager tool within the Hepsia CP, you're going to be able to change the name servers not just of one domain name, but even of many domain addresses at once if you intend to forward them all to the same hosting company. Exactly the same steps will also permit you to point newly transferred domains to our platform since the transfer procedure does not change the name servers automatically and the domain names will still direct to the old host. If you'd like to create private name servers for a domain name registered on our end, you'll be able to do that with a few clicks and with no additional charge, so when you have a company web site, as an example, it's going to have more credibility if it employs name servers of its own. The newly created private name servers can be used for forwarding any other domain address to the same account also, besides the one they are created for.
NS Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
The name servers for each domain address that's registered through our company could be changed with no more than a few mouse clicks via the innovative, though easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel that is included with all semi-dedicated server plans. It is just as easy to see the current NS records for a particular domain name and to check if they are the ones that are required for the domain to be pointed to your hosting account. The Domain Manager tool, which is a part of Hepsia, is user-friendly enough to allow you to control any domain name with ease even if you have never dealt with such matters before. If you'd like, you can even register private name servers ns1.your-domain.com and ns2.your-domain.com and use them not only for the domain under which they're created, but also for any other domain that you might want to host inside the exact same account. This feature is very beneficial when you have clients of your own and you wish their web sites to use your own name servers in lieu of our default ones. The service is absolutely free.