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.