An AAAA record is an Internet protocol address within the recently released IPv6 format and it comprises of eight different sets of hexadecimal digits, unlike the IPv4 IPs, that include four groups of digits in between 1 and 255. A good example of an IPv6 address would be 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and with this format the number of IPs which can be created is many times greater than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each and every domain name has its website hosting server Internet protocol address as a record and in essence, this record informs the domain name where the website for it is. Depending on the system the provider employs, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record allows you to host your Internet site with one company and your email messages with another, so if you decide to use this type of redirection to forward a domain to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will need to create an AAAA record for it.
AAAA Records in Website Hosting
If you want to create a new AAAA record for any domain address or subdomain hosted in your website hosting account, it won't take you more than a few basic steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel is quite intuitive to use and it will enable you to set up or edit every single record with ease. When you sign in and navigate to the DNS Records section, in which you'll discover all present records for your domain addresses and subdomains, you will just have to click the "New" button, select AAAA from a small drop-down menu within the pop-up which will appear, type or paste the required IPv6 address and save the modification - it's as simple as that. The new record shall be 100% working within only an hour and the hostname that you have created it for shall start opening whatever content you have with the other provider. When 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 delete it.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
In case you have a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you need to set up an AAAA record for a domain you have hosted in it or a subdomain you have set up, it is going to take you only a few clicks inside the Hepsia Control Panel to do that. Even though you may have never had a web hosting account before, you'll not experience any troubles since you will use a very simple and easy-to-use interface. All DNS records for your domain names are going to be listed in a section of the Control Panel with the exact same name, so as soon as you go there, you will notice all records which have been created automatically or manually and you are going to be able to create a new one by simply clicking the corresponding button. A compact pop-up shall appear, so with just a few mouse clicks you can pick the type of record you require and for which domain or subdomain it will be created. Next, just paste the IPv6 address within a text box, save the modification and an hour later the new AAAA record is going to be fully functioning. As an optional setting, you can select the time this record is going to be active after you change it or delete it in the future. That's the so-called TTL, or Time To Live value of the record, which you can modify from the standard 3600 seconds when the other company requires it.