An AAAA record is an IP address in the freshly presented IPv6 format and it is made up of eight different sets of hexadecimal digits, unlike the IPv4 IPs, that include four groups of numbers 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 amount of IPs which can be created is many times higher than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every domain name has its web hosting server Internet protocol as a record and in essence, that record informs the domain where the Internet site for it is. Depending on the system the company uses, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record will allow you to host your Internet site with one company and your emails with a different one, so if you choose to use this kind of redirection to point a domain address to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will have to create an AAAA record for it.
AAAA Records in Web Hosting
The state-of-the-art Hepsia hosting CP, provided with our web hosting, will enable you to set up a new AAAA record easily. When you're within the account and you navigate to the DNS Records section, you'll find all records you have for any hosted domain name or a subdomain under it. All it takes to create the AAAA record is to click the New Record button, to select the domain/subdomain in question, select AAAA after which simply input or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We've got a step-by-step guide in case you have never created records for your domain names, but it is unlikely that you'll need it as Hepsia is much easier to make use of than 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 edit the TTL value, which determines how long this record will be active if you change it, from the standard 3600 seconds to any value which the other service provider may require.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Setting up a new AAAA record is quite easy with our user-friendly Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so if you host a domain name in a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you want such a record either for it or for a subdomain that you've set up under it, you will be able to create it in just a few rather simple steps and with no hassle. Hepsia includes a section devoted to the DNS records of your domain addresses in which you can find all current records or create new ones with a couple of mouse clicks. All it takes to do that is to choose the domain/subdomain that you would 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 company has given you. Within an hour after you save the change, the new record will propagate worldwide and your domain will start directing to the third-party hosting server. If they require it, you could also modify the TTL value, which outlines the time this record shall be active with its present value before a new one takes over if you make any changes in the future.