An AAAA record is an Internet protocol address in the newly introduced IPv6 format and it is made up of 8 groups of hexadecimal numbers, in contrast to the IPv4 IPs, which include four sets of digits 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 number of IPs that may be created is many times higher than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every single domain has its hosting server IP as a record and in essence, this record instructs the domain where the Internet site for it can be found. Depending on the system that the service provider uses, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record permits you to host your website with one provider and your e-mails with a different one, so if you decide to use such a redirection to point a domain to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll have to set up an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Shared Hosting

The state-of-the-art Hepsia web hosting Control Panel, included with our shared hosting, will enable you to set up a new AAAA record without difficulty. When you're in the account and you navigate to the DNS Records section, you will find all records you have for any hosted domain or a subdomain under it. All it takes to create the AAAA record is to click on the New Record button, to choose the domain/subdomain in question, choose AAAA then only type or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We have a step-by-step guide if you have never created records for your domain names, but it's less likely that you'll need it as Hepsia is much simpler to work with than compared with other Control Panels available. Within an hour your new record shall be working and your domain name will start resolving to the servers of the other provider. There is also an option to change the TTL value, which determines how long this record will be working if you modify it, from the standard 3600 seconds to any value which the other company may require.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

As our leading-edge cloud hosting platform supports AAAA records, you will be able to create one easily for any internet domain or subdomain you host within a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record will propagate within the hour, so you can start using the services of any other provider you forward the domain/subdomain to in no time. You are able to create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia website hosting CP where you will also find all of the other records that were created automatically or you have created manually previously. The creation of the new AAAA record is as simple as choosing the needed domain name or subdomain and the AAAA type through 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. If the other service provider requires a particular TTL value for the new record, you will be able to modify this setting as well. The Time To Live option defines how long an existing record will keep working after you edit it or delete it and the time is in seconds.