An AAAA record is an Internet protocol address in the freshly introduced IPv6 format and it consists of eight groups of hexadecimal digits, as opposed to the IPv4 IPs, which feature four groups of digits between 1 and 255. An example of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and with this format the total number of IPs that may be created is many times greater than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each domain name has its website hosting server Internet protocol address as a record and in essence, this record tells the domain address where the site for it can be found. Depending on the system that the company employs, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record permits you to host your Internet site with one company and your emails with another, so if you choose to use this type of redirection to forward a domain to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll need to create an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Website Hosting

The advanced Hepsia web hosting Control Panel, provided with our website hosting, will enable you to create a new AAAA record with ease. When you're inside the account and you go to the DNS Records section, you will discover all records you have for any hosted domain or a subdomain under it. All it takes to create the AAAA record is to click the New Record button, to pick the domain/subdomain in question, pick AAAA and then 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's less likely that you'll need it as Hepsia is much easier to work with compared with other Control Panels available. Within an hour your new record is going to be live and your domain shall start resolving to the servers of the other provider. There's also an option to change the TTL value, which determines how long this record will be active if you edit it, from the standard 3600 seconds to any value that the other service provider may require.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Creating a new AAAA record for a domain address or a subdomain hosted in a semi-dedicated server from our company features a few simple steps, that you will be able to find within the Help section of your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel as well. You will have to select the hostname for which the new record will be created from a drop-down menu where you will find your domain addresses and subdomains. Setting up the new AAAA record is as simple as selecting the one that you need and inputting the IPv6 address for it. This is achieved with no more than a few 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 provide. It takes mere seconds for the new record to be active and just around an hour for it to propagate globally, so you'll be done in no time. The other service provider can also require you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, which is different from the standard one - 3600 seconds. This feature shows how long it will take for any new value you set for your record to take effect as the old value is still active.