An AAAA record is an Internet protocol address within the newly launched IPv6 format and it consists of eight different sets of hexadecimal digits, in contrast to the IPv4 IPs, that include 4 groups of numbers 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 total number of IPs which can be created is many times larger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every domain name has its hosting server Internet protocol as a record and in essence, that record tells the domain address where the site for it is. Depending on the system which the company employs, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record will allow you to host your site with one company and your email messages with another, so if you decide to use this kind of redirection to forward a domain to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll have to set up an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Shared Hosting

If you'd like to use a domain address or a subdomain you have in a shared hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you have to create an AAAA record for that, it will not take you more than a few mouse clicks to do that by using our powerful, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia CP. Once you navigate to the DNS Records section and click on the Create a New Record button, a little pop-up will appear. This is the spot where you can set up any DNS record, so you just have to select the needed domain or subdomain and the type of record via drop-down options menu and input the IPv6 address, which is the actual record. If you happen to have no experience with such matters, you'll not have any issues as Hepsia is incredibly intuitive and your new AAAA record is going to propagate within the hour, so you can start using your domain/subdomain with the other company. Provided they demand it, you're also going to be able to change the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, determining how long it'll remain active in the global DNS system after you change it or erase it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Setting up a new AAAA record is incredibly easy with our user-friendly Hepsia hosting CP, so if you host a domain name inside a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you require such a record either for it or for a subdomain that you have created under it, you are going to be able to create it within a few quite simple steps and without any hassle. Hepsia features a section devoted to the DNS records of your domain names where you can find all existing records or set up new ones with a couple of mouse clicks. All it takes to do this is to select the domain/subdomain that you would like to change, 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 change, the newly created record is going to propagate world-wide and your domain name will start forwarding to the third-party server. If they demand it, you can also change the TTL value, which reveals the time this record will be working with its current value before a new one takes over if you make any changes in the future.