The NS, or Name Server records of a domain name, show which servers handle the Domain Name System (DNS) records for it. Setting the name servers of a particular hosting provider for your domain is the most effective way to point it to their system and all its sub-records are going to be managed on their end. This includes A (the IP address of the server/website), MX (mail server), TXT (free text), SRV (services), CNAME (forwarding), etc, so, in case you wish to modify some of these records, you will be able to do it through their system. To put it differently, the NS records of a domain name 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 retrieve the DNS records of the Internet domain you want to reach. That way the website you'll see is going to be retrieved from the correct location. The name servers normally have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and every single domain address has at least two NS records. There isn't any functional difference between the two prefixes, so what kind a web hosting provider is going to use depends entirely on their preference.
NS Records in Website Hosting
In the event you register a domain name in a website hosting account from our company, you'll be able to manage its name servers with ease. This is accomplished through the Registered Domains section of the in-house built Hepsia website hosting CP and with only a few clicks you are going to be able to update the NS records of a single one or even multiple domains at a time, which can save you a lot of time and efforts in case you have a large number of domains that you'd like to forward to another provider. You can enter a number of name servers depending on how many the other provider provides you with. Furthermore we allow you to create private name servers for every single domain name registered through our company and in contrast to many other providers we do not charge anything extra for this service. The new NS records can be used to forward any other domain to the hosting platform of the company whose IPs you have used during the process, so every time you use our IPs for example, all domains included in the account on our end can use these name servers.