An AAAA record is an IP in the recently presented IPv6 format and it comprises of 8 groups of hexadecimal digits, in contrast to the IPv4 IPs, which include 4 sets of numbers between 1 and 255. An example of an IPv6 address would be 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and in this format the number of IPs that may be created is many times bigger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every domain has its hosting server IP as a record and in essence, that record informs the domain address where the Internet site for it is. Depending on the system which the service provider employs, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record will allow you to host your site 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 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 address or subdomain hosted within your shared web hosting account, it is not going to take you more than a couple of easy steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel is extremely intuitive to use and it'll permit you to set up or modify every record effortlessly. As soon as you log in and visit the DNS Records section, in which you'll discover all current records for your domain addresses and subdomains, you will just have to click the "New" button, select AAAA from a small drop-down options menu within the pop-up that will show up, type or paste the needed IPv6 address and save the change - it is as basic as that. The new record is going to be 100% functioning within no more than one hour and the hostname which you have created it for shall start opening whatever content you have with the other provider. If needed, you will also be able to modify the TTL (Time To Live) value, which reveals the time in seconds the new record will be active after you eventually modify it to something different or you simply delete it.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
If you have a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you need to set up an AAAA record for a domain you have hosted in it or a subdomain you have created, it will take you just a few clicks inside the Hepsia Control Panel to accomplish this. Even when you have never had a hosting account before, you will not encounter any difficulties as you will use a very simple and user-friendly interface. All of the DNS records for your domain addresses will be listed in a section of the CP with the same name, so once you go there, you'll see all records that have been created automatically or manually and you'll be able to set up a new one by clicking on the corresponding button. A little pop-up will appear, so with a couple of clicks you can pick the type of record you need and for which Internet domain or subdomain it'll be created. Next, just paste the IPv6 address within a text box, save the change and 1 hour later the new AAAA record is going to be completely active. As an optional setting, you can select the length of time this record is going to be functioning after you modify it or erase it in the future. That's the so-called TTL, or Time To Live value of the record, which you can modify from the default 3600 seconds in case the other service provider requires it.