An AAAA record is an IP address within the freshly released IPv6 format and it is comprised of 8 groups of hexadecimal numbers, as opposed to the IPv4 IPs, which include 4 sets of numbers between 1 and 255. A good example of an IPv6 address would be 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and in this format the number of IPs that may be created is many times larger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every single domain has its web hosting server IP address as a record and in essence, this unique record informs the domain address where the site for it is located. Depending on the system the company employs, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record will allow you to host your Internet site with one company and your emails with another, so if you decide to use this type of redirection to point a domain address to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll need to create an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Shared Hosting

If you would like to set up a new AAAA record a domain or subdomain hosted within your shared hosting account, it will not take you more than a few basic steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia CP is quite intuitive to use and it will enable you to create or change every single record effortlessly. Once you sign in and navigate to the DNS Records section, where you'll discover all current records for your domain addresses and subdomains, you'll simply have to click the "New" button, pick AAAA from a small drop-down options menu in the pop-up that'll appear, enter or paste the necessary IPv6 address and save the change - it's as easy as that. The new record shall be 100% active within no more than 1 hour and the hostname you have created it for will start opening whatever content you have with the other provider. If necessary, you will also be able to edit the TTL (Time To Live) value, which indicates the time in seconds which the new record will be active after you eventually change it to something different or you simply delete it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

As our cutting-edge cloud web hosting platform supports AAAA records, you're going to be able to create one with ease for any domain address or subdomain you host in a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record will propagate within the hour, so that you could start using the services of any other company you direct the domain/subdomain to right away. You can create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia hosting CP in which you will also find all other records that were set up automatically or you have set up manually in the past. The creation of the new AAAA record is as simple as picking the needed domain or subdomain and the AAAA type via simple drop-down menus, typing the IPv6 address in a text box and saving the modification. You are going to be able to modify the record at any time if required. Assuming the other service provider requires a certain TTL value for the new record, you'll be able to change this setting also. The Time To Live option outlines how long an existing record will keep functioning after you edit it or erase it and the time is in seconds.