The NS (Name Server) records of a domain name point out which DNS servers are authoritative for its zone. In simple terms, the zone is the collection of all records for the domain address, so when you open a URL in a browser, your personal computer asks the DNS servers world-wide where the domain name is hosted and from which servers the DNS records for the domain ought to be retrieved. That way a browser finds out what the A or AAAA record of the domain name is so that the latter is mapped to an IP address and the website content is required from the proper location, a mail relay server finds out which server deals with the emails for the domain (MX record) to ensure that a message can be delivered to the needed mailbox, and so forth. Any change of these sub-records is conducted through the company whose name servers are employed, so you can keep the website hosting and change only your email provider for instance. Each domain name has at least two NS records - primary and secondary, which start with a prefix such as NS or DNS.

NS Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

The name servers for every domain name which is registered through us can be changed with no more than a few mouse clicks through the sophisticated, though easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel that is included with all semi-dedicated server plans. It's just as simple to see the current NS records for a given domain and to determine if they are the ones that are needed for the domain address to be forwarded to your hosting account. The Domain Manager tool, which is a part of Hepsia, is user-friendly enough to enable you to control any domain name with ease even if you have not dealt with such matters before. If you would like, you can even register private name servers ns1.your-domain.com and ns2.your-domain.com and use them not just for the domain address under which they are set up, but also for any other domain that you'd like to host in the very same account. This feature is very beneficial when you have clients of your own and you would like their websites to use your own name servers instead of our default ones. The service is available totally free.