An AAAA record is an IP address within the newly released IPv6 format and it comprises of 8 sets of hexadecimal digits, unlike the IPv4 IPs, which include 4 sets of numbers between 1 and 255. An example of an IPv6 address would be 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and in this format the number of IPs which can be created is many times greater than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every single domain has its hosting server Internet protocol address as a record and in essence, this unique record tells the domain name where the website for it is located. Depending on the system that the company uses, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record enables you to host your Internet site with one provider and your e-mails with another, so if you choose to use this sort of redirection to forward a domain name to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will need to create an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Shared Web Hosting

If you'd like to set up a new AAAA record for any domain name or subdomain hosted in your shared web hosting account, it is not going to take you more than several simple steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel is extremely intuitive to use and it will enable you to set up or modify any record without difficulty. Once you log in and go to the DNS Records section, where you'll discover all present records for your domains and subdomains, you'll just have to click on the "New" button, select AAAA from a small drop-down options menu within the pop-up that'll appear, type or paste the required IPv6 address and save the modification - it is as simple as that. The new record is going to be 100% active within only an hour and the hostname which you have created it for is going to start opening whatever content you have with the other company. If needed, you'll also be able to edit the TTL (Time To Live) value, which indicates the time in seconds that the new record will be working after you eventually edit it to something different or you simply remove it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Creating a new AAAA record is incredibly easy with our user-friendly Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so if you host a domain name within a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you require such a record either for it or for a subdomain which you have created under it, you're going to be able to create it in just a few simple steps and with no hassle. Hepsia features a section devoted to the DNS records of your domain addresses where you can find all current records or set up new ones with several mouse clicks. All it takes to do this is to pick the domain/subdomain that you'd like to edit, choose AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and enter the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address the other provider has given you. Within an hour after you save the modification, the newly created record is going to propagate globally and your Internet domain will start pointing to the third-party server. If they require it, you could also edit the TTL value, which reveals the time this record is going to be working with its existing value before a new one takes over if you make any changes in the future.