An AAAA record is an IP address in the freshly released IPv6 format and it comprises of eight sets of hexadecimal numbers, as opposed to the IPv4 IPs, which feature four groups of numbers between 1 and 255. An illustration of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and with this format the total number of IPs which can be created is many times larger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each domain name has its hosting server IP address as a record and in essence, this unique record tells the domain name where the website for it can be found. Depending on the system the provider employs, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record allows you to host your website with one company and your emails with a different one, so if you choose to use this type of redirection to point a domain name to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll have to create an AAAA record for it.
AAAA Records in Web Hosting
If you'd like to use a domain name or a subdomain you have inside a web hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you ought to create an AAAA record for that, it will not take you more than just a few mouse clicks to do this using our effective, though easy-to-use Hepsia CP. As soon as you navigate to the DNS Records section and click on the Create a New Record button, a small pop-up will appear. This is the place where you can create any DNS record, so you simply have to choose the needed domain or subdomain and the type of record via drop-down menus and input the IPv6 address, which is the actual record. Just in case you have no experience with such matters, you won't have any issues as Hepsia is very intuitive and your new AAAA record is going to propagate within the hour, to enable you to start using your domain/subdomain with the other service provider. In case they demand it, you're also going to be able to modify the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, outlining how long it'll remain active in the global DNS system after you change it or remove it.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Creating a new AAAA record is incredibly easy using our user-friendly Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so if you host a domain inside a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you want such a record either for it or for a subdomain that you've set up under it, you will be able to create it in just a few very simple steps and with no hassle. Hepsia includes a section devoted to the DNS records of your domain names where you can find all existing records or create new ones with a few clicks. All it takes to do that is to select the domain/subdomain you want to modify, choose AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and type the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address which the other company has given you. Within an hour after you save the change, the newly created record is going to propagate worldwide and your domain will start forwarding to the third-party hosting server. If they require it, you can even change the TTL value, which indicates the time this record is going to be functioning with its present value before a new one takes over if you make any modifications in the future.