An AAAA record is an IP within the recently presented IPv6 format and it is made up of 8 different sets of hexadecimal digits, in contrast to the IPv4 IPs, which include 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 with this format the sheer number of IPs that may be created is many times bigger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each domain has its hosting server Internet protocol as a record and in essence, this unique record tells the domain address where the website for it is. Depending on the system that the provider uses, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record will allow you to host your site with one provider and your emails with a different one, so if you decide to use such a 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 Website Hosting

The state-of-the-art Hepsia web hosting Control Panel, bundled with our website hosting, allows you to create a new AAAA record easily. Once you are within the account and you navigate to the DNS Records section, you'll discover all records that you have for any 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 just type in or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We have a step-by-step guide if you have never created records for your domain addresses, but it is less likely that you will need it as Hepsia is much easier to use than compared with other Control Panels available on the market. Within an hour your new record shall be working and your domain will start resolving to the servers of the other company. There's also an option to modify the TTL value, which determines how long this record will be active if you edit it, from the standard 3600 seconds to any value that the other service provider may require.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Setting up a new AAAA record is very easy using our user-friendly Hepsia hosting CP, so if you host a domain in a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you want such a record either for it or for a subdomain that you have created under it, you will be able to create it in just a few rather simple steps and without any hassle. Hepsia has a section dedicated to the DNS records of your domains where you can find all current records or create new ones with a couple of mouse clicks. All it takes to accomplish this is to select the domain/subdomain that you'd like to modify, select AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and input the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address the other provider has given you. Within an hour after you save the modification, the new record is going to propagate worldwide and your domain address will start directing to the third-party web server. If they demand it, you may also change the TTL value, which reveals the time this record shall be active with its present value before a new one kicks in if you make any changes in the future.