The NS (Name Server) records of a domain point out which DNS servers are authoritative for its zone. Simply, the zone is the selection of all records for the domain address, so when you open a URL in an Internet browser, your personal computer asks the DNS servers around the globe where the domain address is hosted and from which servers the DNS records for the domain name must be retrieved. That way a browser finds out what the A or AAAA record of the domain is so that the latter is mapped to an IP address and the site content is requested from the proper location, a mail relay server detects which server deals with the emails for the domain address (MX record) so that a message can be delivered to the right mailbox, etc. Any change of these sub-records is performed with the help of the company whose name servers are employed, so you can keep the web hosting and switch only your email provider for instance. Each and every domain name has at least 2 NS records - primary and secondary, that start with a prefix such as NS or DNS.

NS Records in Shared Web Hosting

If you use a Linux shared web hosting from our us and you include a new domain within the account or transfer an existing one from a different provider, you'll be able to handle its NS records effortlessly via the Hepsia web hosting CP, provided with all shared accounts. You are able to change the current name servers or enter additional ones for a single domain or even for a number of domains at a time with several clicks. This is done using the feature-rich Domain Manager tool that is a part of Hepsia and the user-friendly interface will make it simple to control your domain even if it is the first one you have ever registered. It requires just a mouse click to see what name servers a domain name uses at the moment or if they're the correct ones to direct a domain to the hosting space on our end and with only a few mouse clicks more you are going to even be able to register private name servers for each of the domain addresses that you own. For the latter option you can use the IPs of any company that you'd like the new NS records to direct to.