The NS, or Name Server records of a domain, reveal which servers handle the Domain Name System (DNS) records for it. Setting the name servers of a specific host company for your domain address is the simplest way to direct it to their system and all its sub-records are going to be handled 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 if you want to edit any one of these records, you will be able to do it through their system. In other words, the NS records of a domain name reveal the DNS servers that are authoritative for it, so when you attempt to open a web address, the DNS servers are contacted to obtain the DNS records of the Internet domain you want to reach. In this way the website that you're going to see is going to be retrieved from the proper location. The name servers typically have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and each domain name has at least two NS records. There isn't any practical difference between the two prefixes, so which one a hosting provider will use depends completely on their preference.
NS Records in Cloud Website Hosting
Managing the NS records for any domain name registered inside a cloud website hosting account on our top-notch cloud platform will take you just seconds. Through the feature-rich Domain Manager tool in the Hepsia Control Panel, you're going to be able to change the name servers not just of one domain address, but even of numerous domain addresses at once in case that you want to forward them all to the same hosting company. Identical steps will also enable you to direct newly transferred domains to our platform as the transfer process will not change the name servers automatically and the domain addresses will still redirect to the old host. If you'd like to create private name servers for a domain address registered on our end, you're going to be able to do that with a few mouse clicks and with no additional charge, so when you have a company website, as an example, it will have more credibility if it employs name servers of its own. The new private name servers can be used for directing any other domain to the same account also, not just the one they're created for.