An AAAA record is an IP address within the freshly introduced IPv6 format and it comprises of eight groups of hexadecimal numbers, as opposed to the IPv4 IPs, which feature four sets of digits in between 1 and 255. A good example of an IPv6 address would be 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and with this format the amount of IPs that can be created is many times larger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every single domain has its web hosting server Internet protocol address as a record and in essence, that record tells the domain where the website for it is. Depending on the system which the company employs, 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 emails 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'll have to set up an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Shared Hosting

In order to use a domain name or a subdomain you have in a shared hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you have to set up an AAAA record for that, it is not going to take you more than only a few mouse clicks to do this via our powerful, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel. Once you navigate to the DNS Records section and click on the Create a New Record button, a little pop-up will appear. This is the spot where you can create any DNS record, so you simply have to choose the needed domain or subdomain and the type of record through drop-down menus and enter the IPv6 address, which is the actual record. Even if you have zero experience with such matters, you'll not have any issues as Hepsia is quite intuitive and your new AAAA record will propagate within the hour, so that you can start using your domain/subdomain with the other provider. In case they require it, you are also going to be able to change the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, outlining how long it is going to remain active in the global DNS system after you change it or delete it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Creating a new AAAA record for a domain address or a subdomain hosted within a semi-dedicated server from our company involves a few very simple steps, that you will be able to find inside the Help section of your Hepsia hosting CP as well. You will need to select the hostname for which the new record is going to be created from a drop-down menu where you will find all your domain names and subdomains. Creating the new AAAA record is as basic as picking out the one that you need and entering the IPv6 address for it. This is accomplished with no more than several mouse clicks, so you can quickly point any hostname to a different company by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they supply. It's going to take mere seconds for the new record to be live and just about an hour for it to propagate world-wide, so you will be done in no time. The other service provider could also require you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, that's different from the standard one - 3600 seconds. This feature shows 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.