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Common DNS Nameservers for Web Hosting


DNS Nameservers are the service that is needed to direct your website traffic and emails to where there need to go

EncodeDotHost

  • ns1.encode.host or ns1.encodeserver.net
  • ns2.encode.host or ns2.encodeserver.net
  • ns3.encode.host or ns3.encodeserver.net

Microsoft 365

  • ns1.bdm.microsoftonline.com
  • ns2.bdm.microsoftonline.com
  • ns3.bdm.microsoftonline.com
  • ns4.bdm.microsoftonline.com

Fasthosts

  • ns1.livedns.co.uk
  • ns2.livedns.co.uk
  • ns3.livedns.co.uk

GoDaddy

  • nsXX.domaincontrol.com
  • nsYY.domaincontrol.com
  • (Replace XX and YY with the specific numbers assigned by GoDaddy.)

Bluehost

  • ns1.bluehost.com
  • ns2.bluehost.com

HostGator

  • nsXXXX.hostgator.com
  • nsYYYY.hostgator.com
  • (Replace XXXX and YYYY with specific numbers.)

SiteGround

  • ns1.siteground.net
  • ns2.siteground.net

Namecheap

  • dns1.registrar-servers.com
  • dns2.registrar-servers.com

Cloudflare

  • NAME1.ns.cloudflare.com
  • NAME2.ns.cloudflare.com
  • (Replace specific NAMES supplied by Cloudflare during setup)

DreamHost

  • ns1.dreamhost.com
  • ns2.dreamhost.com
  • ns3.dreamhost.com

DigitalOcean

  • ns1.digitalocean.com
  • ns2.digitalocean.com
  • ns3.digitalocean.com

Amazon Web Services (AWS) Route 53

  • Amazon's nameservers vary, usually in this format: ns-XXXX.awsdns-YY.com, ns-XXXX.awsdns-YY.net, etc.

Google Cloud DNS

  • ns-cloud-A1.googledomains.com
  • ns-cloud-B1.googledomains.com

1&1 IONOS

  • nsXXXX.ui-dns.com
  • nsXXXX.ui-dns.org
  • nsXXXX.ui-dns.de
  • nsXXXX.ui-dns.biz
  • (Replace XXXX with specific numbers.)

InMotion Hosting

  • ns1.inmotionhosting.com
  • ns2.inmotionhosting.com

A2 Hosting

  • ns1.a2hosting.com
  • ns2.a2hosting.com

OVH

  • Typically formatted as dnsXX.ovh.net, nsXX.ovh.net

Hostinger

  • ns1.dns-parking.com
  • ns2.dns-parking.com

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