An AAAA record is an IP within the freshly launched IPv6 format and it is comprised of 8 different groups of hexadecimal digits, as opposed to the IPv4 IPs, that include 4 groups of digits between 1 and 255. An illustration of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and with this format the number of IPs that can be created is many times greater than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every single domain name has its website hosting server IP address as a record and in essence, this unique record instructs the domain where the site for it can be found. Depending on the system the company employs, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record enables you to host your site with one company and your emails with another, so if you choose to use this sort of redirection to forward a domain to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll have to create an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Cloud Website Hosting

If you need to set up a new AAAA record a domain or subdomain hosted within your cloud website hosting account, it won't take you more than a few easy steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia CP is quite intuitive to use and it will permit you to set up or modify any record without difficulty. After you sign in and visit the DNS Records section, where you can find all present records for your domains and subdomains, you will only have to click on the "New" button, select AAAA from a small drop-down options menu within the pop-up that will show up, enter or paste the needed IPv6 address and save the modification - it's as simple as that. The new record will be 100% active within no more than one hour and the hostname you have created it for is going to start opening whatever content you have with the other company. If needed, you are also going to be able to modify the TTL (Time To Live) value, which indicates the time in seconds which the new record will be active after you eventually edit it to something different or you simply remove it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Setting up a new AAAA record is very easy using our user-friendly Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so if you host a domain address within a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you require such a record either for it or for a subdomain that you've set up under it, you're going to be able to create it in a few simple steps and with no hassle. Hepsia has a section dedicated to the DNS records of your domain names where you can find all current records or set up new ones with a couple of mouse clicks. All it takes to do this is to pick the domain/subdomain that you'd like to edit, choose AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and type the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address that the other provider has given you. Within an hour after you save the modification, the new record is going to propagate globally and your domain address will start directing to the third-party web server. If they require it, you could also change the TTL value, which shows the time this record shall be functioning with its existing value before a new one takes over if you make any adjustments in the future.