An AAAA record is an Internet protocol address in the newly introduced IPv6 format and it comprises of eight sets of hexadecimal numbers, unlike the IPv4 IPs, which feature four groups of numbers in between 1 and 255. A good example of an IPv6 address would be 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and in this format the sheer number of IPs that could be created is many times bigger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every single domain has its website hosting server IP address as a record and in essence, this unique record informs the domain address where the Internet site for it is located. Depending on the system the provider uses, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record enables you to host your website with one provider and your emails with another, so if you choose to use such a redirection to forward a domain address 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 need to set up a new AAAA record for any domain or subdomain hosted inside your web hosting account, it is not going to take you more than a few easy steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia CP is quite intuitive to use and it'll allow you to set up or edit every single record effortlessly. Once you log in and go to the DNS Records section, in which you'll discover all present records for your domain names and subdomains, you will just have to click the "New" button, select AAAA from a small drop-down options menu inside the pop-up that will appear, enter or paste the needed IPv6 address and save the change - it is as basic as that. The new record shall be fully functioning within no more than an hour and the hostname that you have created it for will start opening whatever content you have with the other company. If needed, you are also going to be able to edit the TTL (Time To Live) value, which signifies the time in seconds which the new record will be working after you eventually modify it to something different or you simply delete it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Creating a new AAAA record for a domain name or a subdomain hosted within a semi-dedicated server from our company involves only a few really easy steps, which you'll be able to find within the Help section of your Hepsia hosting CP as well. You'll have to choose the hostname for which the new record is going to be created from a drop-down menu in which you will find your domain names and subdomains. Creating the new AAAA record is as basic as picking out the one that you need and inputting the IPv6 address for it. This is done with no more than a couple of clicks, so you can easily direct any hostname to a different provider by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they offer. It takes just a few seconds for the new record to be working and only about an hour for it to propagate worldwide, so you will be done in no time. The other service provider may also require you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, that's different from the standard one - 3600 seconds. This feature shows how long it will take for any new value that you set for your record to take effect as the old value is still active.