An AAAA record is an Internet protocol address in the freshly introduced IPv6 format and it is comprised of eight groups of hexadecimal digits, in contrast to the IPv4 IPs, which include 4 groups of digits in between 1 and 255. An 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 may be created is many times larger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every domain has its web hosting server IP address as a record and in essence, that record informs the domain address where the Internet site for it can be found. Depending on the system which the provider uses, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record will allow you to host your website with one provider and your email messages with another, so if you choose to use this type of redirection to forward a domain to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will need to set up an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Web Hosting

If you wish to use a domain or a subdomain which you have within a web hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you need to set up an AAAA record for that, it is not going to take you more than only a few clicks to do that by using our highly effective, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel. As soon as you go to the DNS Records section and then click the Create a New Record button, a compact pop-up will appear. This is the spot in which you can set up any DNS record, so you simply have to select the needed domain address or subdomain and the type of record via drop-down options menu and type in the IPv6 address, which is the actual record. Even if you have no experience with such matters, you won't have any problems as Hepsia is quite intuitive and the new AAAA record will propagate within the hour, to enable you to start using your domain/subdomain with the other company. If they require it, you'll also be able to modify the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, determining how long it is going to stay active in the global DNS system after you change it or remove it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Creating a new AAAA record for a domain or a subdomain hosted in a semi-dedicated server from our company involves only a couple of simple steps, which you will be able to find within the Help section of your Hepsia web hosting CP as well. You'll have to select the hostname for which the new record is going to be created from a drop-down menu in which you will find all of your domains and subdomains. Setting up the new AAAA record is as basic as selecting the one that you need and inputting the IPv6 address for it. This is done with no more than a few mouse clicks, so you can effortlessly point any hostname to a different service provider by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they supply. It takes mere seconds for the new record to be live and only around an hour for it to propagate world-wide, so you'll be done in no time. The other service provider may also require you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, that is different from the default one - 3600 seconds. This feature shows how long it will take for any new value you set for your record to take effect while the old value is still active.