An AAAA record is an IP address within the newly presented IPv6 format and it is comprised of eight groups of hexadecimal numbers, in contrast to the IPv4 IPs, which feature four groups of digits between 1 and 255. An illustration of an IPv6 address would be 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and in this format the total number of IPs that could be created is many times bigger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every domain has its website hosting server IP as a record and in essence, this record instructs the domain where the site for it is located. Depending on the system which the provider employs, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record permits you to host your site with one provider and your email messages with a different one, so if you choose to use such a redirection to point a domain name 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
If you would like to set up a new AAAA record a domain name or subdomain hosted in your shared web hosting account, it won't take you more than a few basic steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel is rather intuitive to use and it will enable you to create or change any record without difficulty. After you sign in and visit the DNS Records section, in which you'll discover all current records for your domain addresses and subdomains, you'll only have to click on the "New" button, pick AAAA from a small drop-down options menu in the pop-up that will appear, input or paste the needed IPv6 address and save the change - it is as basic as that. The new record is going to be fully active 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 provider. If required, you are also going to be able to edit the TTL (Time To Live) value, which shows the time in seconds 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
As our advanced cloud hosting platform supports AAAA records, you're going to be able to create one with ease for every domain address or subdomain that you host within a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record will propagate within the hour, so that you can start using the services of any other service provider you direct the domain/subdomain to right away. You can create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia website hosting CP in which you will also find all the other records that were created automatically or you have created manually previously. The creation of the new AAAA record is as basic as selecting the needed domain or subdomain and the AAAA type via simple drop-down menus, entering the IPv6 address within a text box and saving the change. You're going to be able to change the record at any time if necessary. Assuming the other provider demands a specific TTL value for the new record, you will be able to edit this setting also. The Time To Live option specifies how long an existing record will continue functioning after you edit it or erase it and the time is in seconds.