An AAAA record is an IP address within the recently released IPv6 format and it is made up of 8 groups of hexadecimal numbers, unlike the IPv4 IPs, which feature four sets of numbers between 1 and 255. An example of an IPv6 address would be 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and with this format the total number of IPs which can be created is many times bigger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each and every domain name has its web hosting server IP as a record and in essence, that record instructs the domain name where the website for it is. Depending on the system the company uses, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record will allow you to host your Internet site with one provider and your emails with another, so if you decide to use this sort of redirection to forward 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
If you'd like to set up a new AAAA record for any domain or subdomain hosted within your web hosting account, it won't take you more than a few simple steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia CP is extremely intuitive to use and it'll allow you to create or change every record with ease. As soon as you sign in and navigate to the DNS Records section, where you can find all current records for your domains and subdomains, you'll only have to click on the "New" button, select AAAA from a small drop-down options menu within the pop-up that'll appear, type or paste the necessary IPv6 address and save the change - it is as simple as that. The new record shall be 100% live within only one hour and the hostname that you have created it for shall start opening whatever content you have with the other provider. If necessary, you will also be able to change the TTL (Time To Live) value, which indicates the time in seconds that the new record will be working after you eventually modify it to something different or you simply delete it.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
As our advanced cloud web hosting platform supports AAAA records, you are going to be able to create one without difficulty for any domain address or subdomain that you host in a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record is going to propagate within the hour, to enable you to start using the services of any other provider you point the domain/subdomain to in no time. You are able to create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel in which you will also find all the other records that were created automatically or you have created manually in the past. The set up of the new AAAA record is as easy as picking the needed Internet domain or subdomain and the AAAA type from simple drop-down menus, typing the IPv6 address inside a text box and saving the change. You will be able to edit the record at any time if needed. Assuming the other service provider demands a specific TTL value for the new record, you will 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 erase it and the time is in seconds.