Put simply a nameserver is a server that directs different types of traffic to your domain in the right direction. Whether that be an email sent to your email address @ your-domain, or someone loading your homepage.
To fully understand what a nameserver is, firstly you need to understand how domains work – and how the link between each part works.
A domain is you customised identity on the web – usually ending in dot .com or .co.nz – ours is webboutique.co.nz.
A domain points to a nameserver – which is an server which tells it what to do with certain types of traffic. The two main types are web browsing & emails. This system looks at all incoming traffic, decides what it is, and then forwards that traffic onto either our web hosting server, or our email server.
Think of him like a traffic conductor at the only entrance to your domain. Left for web browsing, right for emails.
That’s what the name server does – points traffic to the right server to receive the content being requested, whether that be emails or loading your home page.
Our nameserver IP address are:
Server Address |
IP Address | ||
| Primary: | ns1.nameserver.net.nz | 119.47.119.1 | |
| Secondary: | ns2.nameserver.net.nz | 66.29.25.63 | |
| Teritary: | ns3.nameserver.net.nz | 118.127.36.80 | |
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