If you’ve heard this term, you’re probably in the midst of transferring your hosting account. If you’re not a web designer, the term DNS Nameservers could make you think that you have to jump into coding. Fortunately, you don’t need coding experience and finding DNS nameserver information is as easy as logging into your domain control panel and having the correct nameservers.
So what are DNS nameservers anyway? And what do they do?
DNS nameservers point your domain to the correct hosting account, so it can read the files on the hosting server to display your website. A good metaphor would be having the correct information on a credit application, if the computer doesn’t read the proper info on your app - it will not find your information in the system.
Back to the project, by this point your stress should have been alleviated, especially for the do-it-yourself web designer. Next, locate the login information to access your domain. Once you find it, login into your account and skim the pages of your domain manager until you find an area that says “Hosting”, “DNS” or server related terms.
Eventually, you will find two or four fields with the DNS Nameserver title. Normally you should have two, the first nameserver is your primary server, the secondary nameserver is your backup nameserver. The backup prevents your website from going down if your primary nameserver fails.
After this information is completed and saved, you might have a waiting period of 1 hour to 48 hours depending on your domain and hosting provider.
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