An AAAA record is an IP address within the freshly released IPv6 format and it is made up of 8 groups of hexadecimal numbers, in contrast to the IPv4 IPs, which include 4 sets of numbers in between 1 and 255. An example of an IPv6 address would be 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and in this format the sheer number of IPs that could be created is many times higher than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every single domain has its website hosting server Internet protocol address as a record and in essence, this record tells the domain where the site for it is located. Depending on the system the provider uses, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record will allow you to host your website with one provider and your emails with a different one, so if you decide to use this kind of redirection to point a domain name to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will need to create an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Shared Web Hosting

If you need to create a new AAAA record for any domain address or subdomain hosted within your shared web hosting account, it will not take you more than a couple of simple steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel is rather intuitive to use and it will allow you to set up or modify any record without difficulty. When you sign in and visit the DNS Records section, in which you'll discover all current records for your domain addresses and subdomains, you will only have to click on the "New" button, pick AAAA from a small drop-down menu inside the pop-up that will show up, enter or paste the needed IPv6 address and save the change - it is as simple as that. The new record will be 100% active within only 1 hour and the hostname you have created it for is going to start opening whatever content you have with the other company. If needed, you will also be able to edit the TTL (Time To Live) value, which reveals the time in seconds the new record will be active after you eventually modify it to something different or you simply erase it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

As our cutting-edge cloud hosting platform supports AAAA records, you'll be able to create one with no trouble for every domain address or subdomain which you host in a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record will propagate within the hour, so that you can start using the services of any other provider you forward the domain/subdomain to right away. You can create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia hosting CP where you will also find all other records that were created automatically or you have created manually previously. The set up of the new AAAA record is as basic as choosing the needed Internet domain or subdomain and the AAAA type through simple drop-down menus, inputting the IPv6 address in a text box and saving the change. You will be able to modify the record at any time if necessary. In case the other service provider demands a specific TTL value for the new record, you'll be able to modify this setting too. The Time To Live option outlines how long an existing record will continue operating after you change it or delete it and the time is in seconds.