An AAAA record is an Internet protocol address in the recently launched IPv6 format and it comprises of eight groups of hexadecimal digits, unlike the IPv4 IPs, which include 4 sets of numbers in between 1 and 255. An example of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and with this format the amount of IPs that may be created is many times higher than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every domain has its website hosting server Internet protocol as a record and in essence, this record tells the domain address where the website for it is located. Depending on the system which the service provider employs, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record permits you to host your Internet site with one provider and your e-mails with a different one, so if you choose to use this sort of redirection to forward a domain name to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll have to create an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Shared Website Hosting

The state-of-the-art Hepsia web hosting Control Panel, bundled with our shared website hosting, allows you to set up a new AAAA record without difficulty. When you are inside the account and you navigate to the DNS Records section, you'll find all records that you have for any hosted domain name 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 after which only input or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We've got a step-by-step guide if you've never created records for your domains, but it's unlikely that you will need it as Hepsia is much easier to make use of compared with other Control Panels on the market. Within an hour your new record is going to be live and your domain name shall start resolving to the servers of the other provider. There is also an option to edit the TTL value, which shows how long this record is going to be functioning if you update it, from the standard 3600 seconds to any value that the other company may require.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

As our state-of-the-art cloud web hosting platform supports AAAA records, you are going to be able to create one without difficulty for every domain name or subdomain you host inside a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record is going to propagate within the hour, so that you can start using the services of any other company you point the domain/subdomain to in no time. You can create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia website hosting CP in which you will also find all other records that were set up automatically or you have created manually in the past. The creation of the new AAAA record is as basic as choosing the needed Internet domain or subdomain and the AAAA type from simple drop-down menus, typing the IPv6 address within a text box and saving the modification. You're going to be able to change the record at any time if needed. If the other service provider needs a certain TTL value for the new record, you will be able to edit this setting as well. The Time To Live option outlines how long an existing record will continue working after you change it or erase it and the time is in seconds.