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 host company for your domain is the simplest way to point 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), and so on, so if you wish to modify some of these records, you are going to be able to do it through their system. In other words, the NS records of a domain point out the DNS servers that are authoritative for it, so when you attempt 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 you'll see is going to be retrieved from the right location. The name servers typically have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and every single domain has at least two NS records. There is no functional difference between the two prefixes, so which one a host company will use depends solely on their preference.
NS Records in Shared Web Hosting
The innovative Hepsia CP, included with with our shared web hosting packages, will permit you to control the name servers of every single domain name registered through us with simply a few clicks, so even though you may haven't had a hosting plan or a domain before, you simply won't encounter any difficulties. The Domain Manager tool, which is a part of Hepsia, features a very user-friendly interface and it will allow you to edit the NS records of any domain name or even a number of domain names together. In addition we offer you the opportunity to set up 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 couple of IPs - either ours, if you are going to use the child NS to direct the domain name to the account on our cloud platform, or the ones of the third-party provider if you will use the new records to point the domain to their system. Unlike other providers, we don't charge extra for providing this additional DNS management service.