An AAAA record is an Internet protocol address within the newly launched IPv6 format and it is made up of 8 sets of hexadecimal numbers, as opposed to the IPv4 IPs, which include four groups of numbers in between 1 and 255. A good example of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and with this format the total number of IPs that can be created is many times bigger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every domain name has its hosting server Internet protocol as a record and in essence, this unique record informs the domain where the website for it is. Depending on the system which the company employs, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record enables you to host your site with one company and your email messages with another, so if you choose to use such a redirection to point a domain name to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will need to set up an AAAA record for it.
AAAA Records in Shared Web Hosting
If you wish to use a domain or a subdomain that you have within a shared web hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you need to set up an AAAA record for that, it is not going to take you more than a few clicks to do this by using our powerful, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel. As soon as you visit the DNS Records section and click on the Create a New Record button, a compact pop-up will appear. This is the area in which you can set up any DNS record, so you only have to pick the needed domain name or subdomain and the type of record via drop-down navigation and enter the IPv6 address, that is the actual record. If you happen to have no experience with such matters, you'll not have any issues as Hepsia is quite intuitive and the new AAAA record is going to propagate within the hour, to enable you to start using your domain/subdomain with the other service provider. Provided they require it, you'll also be able to modify the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, outlining how long it's going to stay active in the global DNS system after you edit it or remove it.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Setting up a new AAAA record is incredibly easy using our user-friendly Hepsia hosting CP, so if you host a domain name inside a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you want 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 in a few quite simple steps and without any hassle. Hepsia features a section dedicated to the DNS records of your domains in which you can find all existing records or create new ones with several clicks. All it takes to do that is to choose the domain/subdomain that you'd like to edit, pick AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and type the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address the other company has given you. Within an hour after you save the change, the new record is going to propagate globally and your domain will start directing to the third-party hosting server. If they need it, you could also edit the TTL value, which shows the time this record shall be active with its current value before a new one kicks in if you make any modifications in the future.