An AAAA record is an IP within the recently introduced IPv6 format and it is comprised of eight groups of hexadecimal digits, in contrast to the IPv4 IPs, which feature 4 groups of numbers in between 1 and 255. A good example of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and in this format the number of IPs that may be created is many times higher than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every single domain has its hosting server Internet protocol address as a record and in essence, that record informs the domain name where the Internet 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 allows you to host your site with one provider and your e-mails with another, so if you decide to use this kind of redirection to point a domain name to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll need to create an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Shared Website Hosting

If you need to set up a new AAAA record for any domain or subdomain hosted in your shared 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'll permit you to create or change every record with ease. After you log in and visit the DNS Records section, in which you'll discover all current records for your domain names and subdomains, you'll simply have to click the "New" button, pick out AAAA from a small drop-down options menu inside the pop-up which will appear, enter or paste the needed IPv6 address and save the modification - it is as easy as that. The new record is going to be 100% working within no more than an hour and the hostname which you have created it for will start opening whatever content you have with the other company. If needed, you will also be able to change the TTL (Time To Live) value, which indicates the time in seconds the new record will be live after you eventually modify it to something different or you simply delete it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you have a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you have to create an AAAA record for a domain you have hosted in it or a subdomain you have created, it is going to take you only a few clicks inside the Hepsia CP to do that. Even when you have never had a hosting account before, you will not experience any issues as you will use a very simple and easy-to-use interface. All DNS records for your domain names will be listed in a section of the CP with the same name, so as soon as you go there, you'll see all records that have been set up automatically or manually and you'll be able to set up a new one by simply clicking the corresponding button. A small pop-up will appear, so with a few mouse clicks you can pick the type of record that you need and for which Internet domain or subdomain it will be created. After that, simply paste the IPv6 address in a text box, save the modification and 1 hour later the new AAAA record is going to be completely functioning. As an optional setting, you can choose the length of time this record will be functioning after you edit it or erase it in the future. This is the so-called TTL, or Time To Live value of the record, which you can modify from the default 3600 seconds if the other service provider requires it.