DNS NS Record
Sitecheck Team
Specifies the authoritative nameservers for a domain.
An NS (Nameserver) record specifies which DNS servers are authoritative for a domain. When a resolver needs to look up example.com, it finds the NS records first to know which server to query for all other records.
Why it matters: Incorrect or misconfigured NS records can make a domain entirely unreachable, as all other DNS resolution depends on them.
Quick tips:
- Always have at least two NS records pointing to different nameservers for redundancy.
- NS records must point to valid hostnames, not IP addresses.
- Changes to NS records can take up to 48 hours to propagate globally.
See also: DNS, TTL, DNS A Record.