The NS, or Name Server records of a domain name, reveal which servers handle the Domain Name System (DNS) records for it. Setting the name servers of a particular host company for your domain address is the easiest way to direct 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, if you wish to edit any one of these records, you will be able to do it using their system. In other words, the NS records of a domain show the DNS servers which 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 domain name you want to reach. That way the web site that you'll see is going to be retrieved from the proper location. The name servers typically have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and every single domain name has at least 2 NS records. There's no functional difference between the two prefixes, so which one a web hosting provider will use depends entirely on their preference.
NS Records in Cloud Website Hosting
The outstanding Hepsia CP, included with with our cloud website hosting packages, allows you to control the name servers of every domain registered through us with only a couple of clicks, so even when you have not had a website hosting plan or a domain address before, you won't encounter any issues. The Domain Manager tool, which is a part of Hepsia, has a very user-friendly interface and it'll allow you to edit the NS records of any domain name or even a number of domain names together. We provide you with the ability to set up child name servers dns1.your-domain.com and dns2.your-domain.com for every single domain address registered in the account just as easily and all you need for that is a pair of IPs - either ours, if you will use the child NS to point the domain address to the account on our cloud platform, or the ones of the third-party provider if you will use the new records to redirect the domain name to their system. Unlike other companies, we don't charge more for providing this additional DNS management service.