An AAAA record is an IP within the recently presented IPv6 format and it is made up of 8 different groups of hexadecimal digits, as opposed to the IPv4 IPs, which include 4 groups of digits 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 total number of IPs that can be created is many times larger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every domain has its website hosting server Internet protocol address as a record and in essence, this record instructs the domain where the Internet site for it is. Depending on the system the service provider employs, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record permits you to host your website with one company and your e-mails with another, so if you decide to use this kind of redirection to point 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 Shared Hosting

If you use a service through a third-party service provider and you have to set up an AAAA record to forward a domain address or a subdomain to their system, you are going to be able to do that with just a few mouse clicks in the Hepsia CP, supplied with our shared hosting packages. When you sign in, you will need to proceed to the DNS Records section where you are going to find all records for every domain or subdomain hosted in the account. Setting up a new record is as basic as clicking on a button, choosing the type from a drop-down menu, which will be AAAA in this case, and then entering the value, or the actual IPv6 address, inside a text box. As an added option you are able to modify the TTL value (Time To Live), which determines how long the record is going to be live after you modify it or delete it in the future. The new AAAA record will be live in no more than an hour and will propagate globally a couple of hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start directing to the new hosting server.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Creating a new AAAA record is extremely easy using our user-friendly Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so if you host a domain address inside a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you want such a record either for it or for a subdomain which you have set up under it, you're going to be able to create it in just a few simple steps and without any hassle. Hepsia features a section devoted to the DNS records of your domain addresses in which you can find all current records or set up new ones with a few mouse clicks. All it takes to do that is to pick the domain/subdomain you need to modify, pick AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and type the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address that the other provider has given you. Within an hour after you save the change, the new record is going to propagate worldwide and your Internet domain will start directing to the third-party hosting server. If they require it, you may also edit the TTL value, which reveals the time this record is going to be working with its existing value before a new one kicks in if you make any changes in the future.