An AAAA record is an IP address in the freshly presented IPv6 format and it comprises of 8 different sets of hexadecimal digits, in contrast to the IPv4 IPs, that include 4 groups of numbers between 1 and 255. An illustration of an IPv6 address would be 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and with this format the total number of IPs that could be created is many times greater than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each and every domain has its web hosting server IP as a record and in essence, this unique record instructs the domain name where the Internet site for it is. Depending on the system which the service provider uses, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record enables you to host your website with one provider and your email messages with a different one, so if you decide to use this kind of redirection to forward a domain name to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll need to set up an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Web Hosting

If you want to create a new AAAA record for any domain or subdomain hosted in your web hosting account, it won't take you more than several simple steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia CP is extremely intuitive to use and it'll enable you to set up or modify any record easily. Once you log in and navigate to the DNS Records section, where you'll discover all existing 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'll show up, type or paste the needed IPv6 address and save the modification - it's as basic as that. The new record is going to be 100% active within a maximum of 1 hour and the hostname which you have created it for shall start opening whatever content you have with the other provider. If required, you'll also be able to modify the TTL (Time To Live) value, which indicates the time in seconds which the new record will be active after you eventually modify it to something different or you simply erase it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Setting up a new AAAA record for a domain or a subdomain hosted in a semi-dedicated server from our company features only a couple of really easy steps, which you'll be able to find inside the Help section of your Hepsia website hosting CP as well. You'll need to select the hostname for which the new record will be created from a drop-down menu in which you will find your domain names and subdomains. Creating the new AAAA record is as simple as choosing the one that you need and inputting the IPv6 address for it. This is accomplished with no more than several clicks, so you can very easily forward any hostname to a different service provider by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they supply. It will take mere seconds for the new record to be active and just about an hour for it to propagate globally, so you'll be done in no time. The other company may also ask you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, which is different from the default one - 3600 seconds. This feature determines how long it will take for any new value which you set for your record to take effect as the old value is still active.