An AAAA record is an IP in the freshly released IPv6 format and it comprises of eight sets of hexadecimal numbers, in contrast to the IPv4 IPs, which feature 4 sets of numbers between 1 and 255. An illustration of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and in this format the sheer number of IPs that can be created is many times greater than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every domain has its hosting server IP as a record and in essence, this record tells the domain name where the site for it is located. Depending on the system that the provider uses, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record enables you to host your website with one provider and your e-mails with another, so if you decide to use such a redirection to point a domain name to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll have to set up an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Web Hosting

If you'd like to set up a new AAAA record for any domain name or subdomain hosted inside your web hosting account, it is not going to take you more than a couple of simple steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia CP is extremely intuitive to use and is going to allow you to create or modify any record effortlessly. After you log in and go to the DNS Records section, where you'll discover all present records for your domain names and subdomains, you will only have to click on the "New" button, pick AAAA from a small drop-down menu inside the pop-up that'll appear, type or paste the required IPv6 address and save the change - it is as easy as that. The new record is going to be fully working within no more than one hour and the hostname which you have created it for shall start opening whatever content you have with the other company. If necessary, you'll also be able to edit the TTL (Time To Live) value, which signifies the time in seconds the new record will be functioning after you eventually change it to something different or you simply remove it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Creating a new AAAA record for a domain name or a subdomain hosted inside a semi-dedicated server from our company includes a few really easy steps, which you will be able to find in the Help section of your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel as well. You will need to choose the hostname for which the new record is going to be created from a drop-down menu where you will find all your domains 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 mouse clicks, so you can very easily forward any hostname to a different company by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they supply. It's going to take just a few seconds for the new record to be active and only around an hour for it to propagate worldwide, so you will be done in no time. The other company may also request you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, that is different from the default one - 3600 seconds. This feature outlines how long it will take for any new value which you set for your record to take effect while the old value is still active.