An AAAA record is an Internet protocol address within the freshly released IPv6 format and it consists of eight sets of hexadecimal numbers, as opposed to the IPv4 IPs, which feature four groups of numbers in between 1 and 255. An illustration of an IPv6 address would be 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and with this format the number of IPs which can be created is many times larger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each domain has its web hosting server Internet protocol as a record and in essence, that record tells the domain where the website for it is located. Depending on the system that the provider uses, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record permits you to host your Internet site with one provider and your emails with another, so if you choose to use this kind of redirection to forward 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

The advanced Hepsia web hosting Control Panel, bundled with our web hosting, will enable you to set up a new AAAA record without difficulty. When you are within the account and you visit the DNS Records section, you will discover all records that you have for every hosted domain address or a subdomain under it. All it takes to set up the AAAA record is to click on the New Record button, to select the domain/subdomain in question, pick AAAA and then simply enter or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We have a step-by-step guide if you've never created records for your domain names, but it's less likely that you'll need it as Hepsia is much simpler to work with than other Control Panels available on the market. Within an hour your new record is going to be functioning and your domain name shall start resolving to the servers of the other service provider. Additionally, there is an option to edit the TTL value, which outlines how long this record will be working if you edit it, from the default 3600 seconds to any value which the other company may require.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

As our state-of-the-art cloud hosting platform supports AAAA records, you will be able to create one with no trouble for every domain or subdomain which you host inside a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record will propagate within the hour, to enable you to start using the services of any other service provider you point the domain/subdomain to right away. You can create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia hosting CP in which you will also find all the other records that were set up automatically or you have created manually in the past. The creation of the new AAAA record is as easy as picking out the needed Internet domain or subdomain and the AAAA type via simple drop-down menus, inputting the IPv6 address inside a text box and saving the change. You're going to be able to change the record at any time if required. In case the other service provider needs a certain TTL value for the new record, you will be able to change this setting also. The Time To Live option outlines how long an existing record will keep working after you edit it or remove it and the time is in seconds.