The NS, or Name Server records of a domain name, point out which servers handle the Domain Name System (DNS) records for it. Setting the name servers of a specific hosting provider for your domain address is the most convenient 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), and so on, so if you need to edit any of these records, you are going to be able to do it using their system. To put it differently, the NS records of a domain 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 domain name you are trying to access. In this way the web site that you'll see will be retrieved from the right location. The name servers normally have a prefix “ns” or “dns” and each domain has at least two NS records. There isn't any functional difference between the two prefixes, so what type a web hosting provider is going to use depends only on their preference.
NS Records in Shared Hosting
In the event you register a domain name inside a shared hosting account from our company, you'll be able to manage its name servers without difficulty. This can be done via the Registered Domains section of the in-house built Hepsia hosting CP and with only a few mouse clicks you are going to be able to update the NS records of a single one or even a number of domains at the same time, which could save you time and efforts in case you have a huge number of domain names that you would like to direct to an alternative provider. You can enter many name servers depending on how many the other company provides you with. Additionally we allow you to set up private name servers for every single Internet domain registered with our company and unlike many other companies we do not charge anything more for this service. The new NS records can be used to forward any other domain name to the hosting platform of the company whose IP addresses you have used during the process, so each time you use our IPs for example, all domains included in the account on our end can use these name servers.