An AAAA record is an IP address in the freshly introduced IPv6 format and it comprises of 8 groups of hexadecimal numbers, as opposed to the IPv4 IPs, which feature four groups of numbers 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 sheer number of IPs that could be created is many times higher than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every domain has its hosting server IP address as a record and in essence, that record instructs the domain where the Internet site for it is. Depending on the system that the service provider employs, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record allows you to host your Internet site with one provider and your emails with a different one, so if you choose to use such a redirection to forward a domain address to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll have to create an AAAA record for it.
AAAA Records in Cloud Website Hosting
The cutting-edge Hepsia web hosting CP, which comes with our cloud website hosting, allows you to set up a new AAAA record without difficulty. Once you are in the account and you navigate to the DNS Records section, you'll discover all records that you have for every hosted domain name or a subdomain under it. All it takes to set up the AAAA record is to click on the New Record button, to pick the domain/subdomain in question, choose AAAA then only type or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We've got a step-by-step guide if you've never created records for your domain addresses, but it is unlikely that you'll need it as Hepsia is much easier to work with compared with other Control Panels available on the market. Within an hour your new record is going to be functioning and your domain shall start resolving to the servers of the other company. Additionally, there is an option to change the TTL value, which shows how long this record will be active if you modify it, from the default 3600 seconds to any value that the other company may require.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Creating a new AAAA record is extremely 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 set up under it, you'll be able to create it in just a few quite simple steps and without any hassle. Hepsia includes a section dedicated to the DNS records of your domain names in which you can find all current records or set up new ones with several mouse clicks. All it takes to accomplish this is to pick the domain/subdomain that you'd like to modify, select AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and type the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address which the other provider has given you. Within an hour after you save the modification, the new record is going to propagate world-wide and your Internet domain will start forwarding to the third-party web server. If they require it, you can even edit the TTL value, which indicates the time this record is going to be operating with its present value before a new one takes over if you make any modifications in the future.