An AAAA record is an IP in the freshly introduced IPv6 format and it comprises of 8 sets of hexadecimal digits, in contrast to the IPv4 IPs, that include four groups of numbers between 1 and 255. A good example of an IPv6 address would be 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and with this format the amount of IPs which can be created is many times greater than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each domain has its hosting server Internet protocol as a record and in essence, this record tells the domain name where the site for it is. Depending on the system which the company uses, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record enables you to host your Internet site with one provider 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 will have to create an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Shared Hosting

If you need to create a new AAAA record for any domain or subdomain hosted in your shared hosting account, it is not going to take you more than several easy steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia CP is quite intuitive to use and it will permit you to set up or modify every single record easily. When you sign in and go to the DNS Records section, where you can find all present records for your domains and subdomains, you'll simply have to click on the "New" button, select AAAA from a small drop-down menu within the pop-up that will appear, type or paste the needed IPv6 address and save the change - it's as simple as that. The new record will be fully active within a maximum of 1 hour and the hostname which you have created it for will start opening whatever content you have with the other company. If needed, you will also be able to modify 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 erase it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

As our sophisticated cloud web hosting platform supports AAAA records, you are going to be able to create one with ease for every domain address or subdomain which 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 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 website hosting Control Panel in which you will also find all 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 domain name or subdomain and the AAAA type through simple drop-down menus, typing the IPv6 address inside a text box and saving the modification. You are going to be able to change the record anytime if necessary. If the other service provider requires a certain TTL value for the new record, you will be able to edit this setting as well. The Time To Live option defines how long an existing record will continue functioning after you edit it or delete it and the time is in seconds.