An AAAA record is an Internet protocol address within the freshly introduced IPv6 format and it consists of eight sets of hexadecimal digits, in contrast to the IPv4 IPs, which feature 4 groups of digits between 1 and 255. An example of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and with this format the sheer number of IPs that can be created is many times higher than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each and every domain has its website hosting server IP address as a record and in essence, this record instructs the domain address where the website for it is. Depending on the system which the provider employs, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record allows you to host your website with one provider and your emails 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 Shared Hosting

If you want to create a new AAAA record for any domain address or subdomain hosted inside your shared hosting account, it is not going to take you more than several simple steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel is quite intuitive to use and is going to permit you to set up or modify every record without difficulty. As soon as you log in and navigate to the DNS Records section, where you'll discover all current records for your domain addresses and subdomains, you'll only have to click on the "New" button, choose AAAA from a small drop-down options menu inside the pop-up that'll show up, type or paste the needed IPv6 address and save the change - it is as basic as that. The new record is going to be fully working within only an hour and the hostname which you have created it for will start opening whatever content you have with the other company. If required, you'll also be able to change the TTL (Time To Live) value, which shows the time in seconds which the new record will be working after you eventually modify it to something different or you simply erase it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Setting up a new AAAA record for a domain name or a subdomain hosted in a semi-dedicated server from our company involves a few very easy steps, which you'll be able to find in the Help section of your Hepsia web hosting CP as well. You will have to choose the hostname for which the new record will be created from a drop-down menu in which you will find your domains and subdomains. Setting up the new AAAA record is as easy as picking out the one that you need and typing in the IPv6 address for it. This is done with no more than a few clicks, so you can easily direct any hostname to a different company by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they offer. It's going to take mere seconds for the new record to be working and only about an hour for it to propagate worldwide, so you will be done in no time. The other service provider may also ask you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, that is different from the default one - 3600 seconds. This feature shows how long it will take for any new value that you set for your record to take effect while the old value is still active.