An AAAA record is an IP address within the newly introduced IPv6 format and it is made up of eight groups of hexadecimal digits, unlike the IPv4 IPs, that include 4 groups of numbers between 1 and 255. A good example of an IPv6 address would be 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and with this format the total number of IPs that can be created is many times higher than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each domain name has its hosting server Internet protocol address as a record and in essence, this record informs the domain name where the site for it can be found. Depending on the system the company uses, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record will allow you to host your site with one provider and your email messages with a different one, so if you decide to use this sort of redirection to point a domain to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll need to create an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Shared Hosting

The cutting-edge Hepsia website hosting CP, provided with our shared hosting, will enable you to create a new AAAA record with ease. When you are within the account and you navigate to the DNS Records section, you will find all records that you have for every hosted domain name or a subdomain under it. All it takes to set up the AAAA record is to click on the New Record button, to pick the domain/subdomain in question, pick AAAA after which simply type or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We have a step-by-step guide in case you have never created records for your domains, but it is not likely that you will need it as Hepsia is much easier to make use of than compared with other Control Panels available on the market. Within an hour your new record is going to be working and your domain name will start resolving to the servers of the other provider. Additionally, there is an option to edit the TTL value, which shows how long this record will be active if you update it, from the default 3600 seconds to any value that the other service provider may require.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

As our sophisticated cloud hosting platform supports AAAA records, you're going to be able to create one effortlessly for any domain or subdomain which you host in a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record will propagate within the hour, so that you can start using the services of any other service provider you forward the domain/subdomain to in no time. You could create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel in which you will also find all the other records that were set up automatically or you have created manually before. The set up of the new AAAA record is as easy as choosing the needed Internet domain or subdomain and the AAAA type via simple drop-down menus, inputting the IPv6 address inside a text box and saving the modification. You'll be able to change the record anytime if required. In case the other provider requires a specific TTL value for the new record, you will be able to change this setting as well. The Time To Live option determines how long an existing record will continue operating after you modify it or erase it and the time is in seconds.