An AAAA record is an IP address within the freshly released IPv6 format and it is comprised of eight groups of hexadecimal digits, in contrast to the IPv4 IPs, which feature four 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 in this format the number of IPs that could be created is many times bigger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each and every domain name has its website hosting server IP as a record and in essence, this unique record tells the domain where the site for it is located. Depending on the system which the service provider uses, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record allows you to host your Internet site with one provider and your e-mails with a different one, so if you choose to use such a redirection to point 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

The advanced Hepsia website hosting Control Panel, bundled with our web hosting, will enable you to create a new AAAA record effortlessly. Once you are in the account and you visit the DNS Records section, you'll find all records that you have for every 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 choose the domain/subdomain in question, select AAAA after which only input or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We have a step-by-step guide if you've never created records for your domain addresses, but it is not likely 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 is going to be active and your domain name will start resolving to the servers of the other provider. In addition, there’s an option to modify the TTL value, which outlines how long this record is going to be active if you modify it, from the standard 3600 seconds to any value the other provider may require.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

As our leading-edge cloud hosting platform supports AAAA records, you will be able to create one effortlessly for every domain or subdomain which you host in a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record will propagate within the hour, so you can start using the services of any other service provider you forward the domain/subdomain to in no time. You could create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel in which you will also find all of the other records that were created automatically or you have set up manually before. The set up of the new AAAA record is as basic as picking the needed domain name or subdomain and the AAAA type via simple drop-down menus, typing the IPv6 address within a text box and saving the modification. You're going to be able to edit the record at any time if required. In case the other service provider requires a certain TTL value for the new record, you'll be able to edit this setting also. The Time To Live option specifies how long an existing record will keep operating after you change it or remove it and the time is in seconds.