An AAAA record is an Internet protocol address within the freshly presented IPv6 format and it consists of eight different groups of hexadecimal digits, as opposed to the IPv4 IPs, that include four sets of digits in between 1 and 255. An illustration of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and with this format the amount of IPs that can be created is many times bigger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each and every domain has its hosting server IP address as a record and in essence, this record instructs the domain where the Internet site for it is. Depending on the system the company uses, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record enables you to host your website with one provider and your e-mails with a different one, so if you decide to use this kind of redirection to point 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

If you wish to use a domain name or a subdomain that you have within a website hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you ought to set up an AAAA record for that, it will not take you more than only a few clicks to do this using our effective, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia CP. After you go to the DNS Records section and click on the Create a New Record button, a little pop-up will show up. This is the spot where you could set up any DNS record, so you only have to select the needed domain name or subdomain and the type of record from drop-down options menu and type in the IPv6 address, which is the actual record. In case you have no experience with such matters, you'll not have any problems as Hepsia is very user-friendly and your new AAAA record will propagate within the hour, so that you can start using your domain/subdomain with the other provider. Provided they require it, you're also going to be able to modify the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, determining how long it will remain active in the global DNS system after you modify it or delete it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Setting up a new AAAA record is extremely easy with our user-friendly Hepsia hosting CP, so if you host a domain name within a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you require such a record either for it or for a subdomain that you've set up under it, you'll be able to create it within a few simple steps and without any hassle. Hepsia features a section dedicated to the DNS records of your domain addresses where you can find all current records or set up new ones with a few clicks. All it takes to do this is to select the domain/subdomain you need to edit, choose AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and enter the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address that the other provider has given you. Within an hour after you save the modification, the newly created record will propagate globally and your domain name will start forwarding to the third-party web server. If they need it, you can even change the TTL value, which reveals the time this record will be operating with its existing value before a new one kicks in if you make any changes in the future.