An AAAA record is an IP in the freshly released IPv6 format and it is comprised of 8 different groups of hexadecimal numbers, as opposed to the IPv4 IPs, which include four groups of numbers between 1 and 255. An illustration of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and in this format the total number of IPs that may be created is many times bigger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every domain name has its web hosting server IP as a record and in essence, this unique record instructs the domain name where the site for it can be found. Depending on the system the company employs, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record permits you to host your Internet site with one provider and your e-mails with another, so if you choose to use such a redirection to point a domain address to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll need to set up an AAAA record for it.
AAAA Records in Website Hosting
If you use a service with a third-party provider and you need to set up an AAAA record to forward a domain or a subdomain to their system, you're going to be able to do that with just a few mouse clicks in the Hepsia CP, included with our website hosting plans. As soon as you sign in, you need to proceed to the DNS Records section where you will find all of the records for any domain name or subdomain hosted inside the account. Creating a new record is as simple as clicking on a button, picking the type from a drop-down menu, that is to be AAAA in this case, and then typing the value, or the actual IPv6 address, within a text box. As an added option you can modify the TTL value (Time To Live), that determines how long the record is going to be functioning after you change it or delete it in the future. The new AAAA record will be live in no more than an hour and will propagate globally two or three hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start pointing to the new web server.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
In case you have a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you need to create an AAAA record for a domain address you have hosted in it or a subdomain you have set up, it is going to take you just a few clicks within the Hepsia CP to achieve that. Even though you may have never had a web hosting account before, you will not encounter any difficulties because you will use a very simple and intuitive interface. All of the DNS records for your domain addresses are going to be listed in a section of the Control Panel with the same name, so once you go there, you will see all records which have been set up automatically or manually and you'll be able to set up a new one by simply clicking on the corresponding button. A small pop-up will appear, so with just several mouse clicks you can select the type of record you need and for which domain or subdomain it will be created. Next, just paste the IPv6 address inside a text box, save the change and 1 hour later the new AAAA record is going to be completely functioning. As an optional setting, you can select the length of time this record is going to be working after you change it or remove it in the future. That is 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.