An AAAA record is an Internet protocol address within the newly released IPv6 format and it is comprised of eight different groups of hexadecimal numbers, as opposed to the IPv4 IPs, which include 4 groups of numbers in 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 total number of IPs which can be created is many times higher than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every single domain name has its hosting server IP address as a record and in essence, this record informs the domain name where the website for it is located. Depending on the system which the provider employs, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record enables you to host your Internet site with one provider and your email messages with a different one, so if you decide to use such a redirection to point a domain to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will have to set up an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Website Hosting

If you need to create a new AAAA record a domain name or subdomain hosted inside your website hosting account, it won't take you more than several simple steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia CP is quite intuitive to use and is going to allow you to create or edit every record easily. When you log in and go to the DNS Records section, in which you'll discover all present records for your domains and subdomains, you'll only have to click on the "New" button, pick AAAA from a small drop-down options menu inside the pop-up which will appear, type or paste the needed IPv6 address and save the change - it's as simple as that. The new record is going to be 100% active within only 1 hour and the hostname which you have created it for shall start opening whatever content you have with the other provider. If necessary, you'll also be able to modify the TTL (Time To Live) value, which indicates the time in seconds the new record will be live after you eventually modify it to something different or you simply delete it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Creating a new AAAA record is very easy using our user-friendly Hepsia hosting CP, so if you host a domain 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 within a few quite simple steps and without any hassle. Hepsia has a section devoted to the DNS records of your domain addresses where you can find all existing records or create new ones with a couple of mouse clicks. All it takes to do that is to pick the domain/subdomain that you would like to edit, 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 change, the new record is going to propagate worldwide and your domain name will start directing to the third-party server. If they demand it, you can even change the TTL value, which indicates the time this record will be functioning with its existing value before a new one takes over if you make any adjustments in the future.