An AAAA record is an IP in the freshly launched IPv6 format and it is comprised of eight different sets of hexadecimal numbers, as opposed to the IPv4 IPs, which feature 4 sets of numbers in between 1 and 255. An example of an IPv6 address is 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. Each and every domain name has its web hosting server IP as a record and in essence, that record informs the domain address where the site for it is located. Depending on the system that the provider employs, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record will allow you to host your site with one company and your e-mails with another, so if you choose to use this type 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 Web Hosting
The advanced Hepsia web hosting Control Panel, provided with our shared web hosting, will enable you to set up a new AAAA record effortlessly. When you're in the account and you visit the DNS Records section, you will find all records that you have for every hosted domain or a subdomain under it. All it takes to set up the AAAA record is to click on the New Record button, to choose the domain/subdomain in question, choose AAAA and then simply type or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We have a step-by-step guide in case you have never created records for your domain names, but it is not likely that you will need it as Hepsia is much simpler to employ than other Control Panels on the market. Within an hour your new record is going to be active and your domain address shall start resolving to the servers of the other company. There's also an option to change the TTL value, which outlines how long this record will be working if you modify it, from the default 3600 seconds to any value which the other service provider may require.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Setting up a new AAAA record is very easy with our user-friendly Hepsia hosting CP, so if you host a domain address within a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you want such a record either for it or for a subdomain that you've created under it, you're going to be able to create it in a few rather simple steps and without any hassle. Hepsia includes a section dedicated to the DNS records of your domain addresses where you can find all current records or create new ones with a few clicks. All it takes to do that is to choose the domain/subdomain you need to modify, pick AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and type the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address the other company has given you. Within an hour after you save the modification, the newly created record is going to propagate globally and your Internet domain will start forwarding to the third-party server. If they require it, you may also change the TTL value, which outlines the time this record is going to be operating with its present value before a new one kicks in if you make any adjustments in the future.