An AAAA record is an Internet protocol address in the recently presented IPv6 format and it consists of eight groups of hexadecimal digits, as opposed to the IPv4 IPs, which include 4 groups of numbers in between 1 and 255. A good example of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and with this format the total number of IPs which can be created is many times larger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each domain name has its hosting server IP address as a record and in essence, this record tells the domain where the website for it is. Depending on the system that the service provider employs, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record allows you to host your site with one company and your email messages with a different one, so if you choose to use this kind of redirection to forward a domain to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will need to set up an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting

The state-of-the-art Hepsia website hosting CP, which comes with our cloud hosting, will permit you to set up a new AAAA record easily. When you're within the account and you navigate to the DNS Records section, you will discover all records you have for any hosted domain name or a subdomain under it. All it takes to set up the AAAA record is to click the New Record button, to pick the domain/subdomain in question, pick AAAA then just type in or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We've got a step-by-step guide if you have never created records for your domains, but it is extremely unlikely that you will need it as Hepsia is much simpler to make use of than compared with other Control Panels available. Within an hour your new record will be active and your domain will start resolving to the servers of the other provider. There's also an option to edit the TTL value, which determines how long this record is going to be active if you change it, from the default 3600 seconds to any value the other service provider may require.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Setting up a new AAAA record is very easy using our user-friendly Hepsia hosting CP, so if you host a domain name within a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you need such a record either for it or for a subdomain which you have set up under it, you'll 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 existing records or set up new ones with a few clicks. All it takes to do this is to choose the domain/subdomain you need to edit, choose AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and enter the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address which the other company has given you. Within an hour after you save the change, the new record will propagate globally and your domain will start directing to the third-party web server. If they require it, you can also edit the TTL value, which indicates the time this record shall be functioning with its existing value before a new one kicks in if you make any adjustments in the future.