An AAAA record is an IP within the newly presented IPv6 format and it is made up of 8 sets of hexadecimal digits, in contrast to the IPv4 IPs, which feature four groups of numbers between 1 and 255. A good example of an IPv6 address would be 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and in this format the amount of IPs that 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 instructs the domain where the site 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 allows you to host your website with one company and your emails with another, so if you decide to use this sort of redirection to point a domain address to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will need to set up an AAAA record for it.
AAAA Records in Shared Hosting
If you'd like to use a domain name or a subdomain you have inside a shared hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you need to set up an AAAA record for that, it will not take you more than a few mouse clicks to do that by using our highly effective, though easy-to-use Hepsia CP. After you visit the DNS Records section and then click the Create a New Record button, a compact pop-up will appear. This is the spot in which you can set up any DNS record, so you only have to select the needed domain or subdomain and the type of record via drop-down navigation and enter the IPv6 address, which is the actual record. In case you have no experience with such matters, you won't have any difficulties as Hepsia is very user-friendly and the new AAAA record is going to propagate within the hour, so you can start using your domain/subdomain with the other provider. Provided they demand it, you will also be able to change the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, determining how long it is going to stay active in the global DNS system after you change it or remove it.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Setting up a new AAAA record for a domain address or a subdomain hosted within a semi-dedicated server from our company includes a few very simple steps, which you'll be able to find in the Help section of your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel as well. You will have to pick the hostname for which the new record is going to be created from a drop-down menu where you will find all your domains and subdomains. Setting up the new AAAA record is as easy as picking out the one that you need and entering the IPv6 address for it. This is done with no more than several mouse clicks, so you can easily forward any hostname to a different service provider by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they provide. It's going to take mere seconds for the new record to be working and just around an hour for it to propagate globally, so you will be done in no time. The other service provider could also require you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, that's different from the standard one - 3600 seconds. This feature determines how long it will take for any new value you set for your record to take effect while the old value is still active.