An AAAA record is an Internet protocol address in the newly released IPv6 format and it is comprised of eight groups of hexadecimal digits, as opposed to the IPv4 IPs, that include four sets 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 amount of IPs that could be created is many times larger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each domain has its web hosting server Internet protocol as a record and in essence, that record instructs the domain where the website for it is. Depending on the system the provider employs, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record allows you to host your website with one provider and your emails with another, so if you choose to use this type of redirection to point a domain address 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

The advanced Hepsia web hosting CP, provided with our shared web hosting, allows you to set up a new AAAA record without difficulty. When you're inside the account and you visit the DNS Records section, you'll discover all records you have for every hosted domain or a subdomain under it. All it takes to create the AAAA record is to click the New Record button, to select the domain/subdomain in question, choose AAAA and then simply enter or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We also have a step-by-step guide in case you have never created records for your domains, but it is unlikely 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 provider. There is also an option to modify the TTL value, which determines how long this record is going to be active if you update it, from the default 3600 seconds to any value the other company may require.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Setting up a new AAAA record for a domain name or a subdomain hosted within a semi-dedicated server from our company includes only a couple of really easy steps, that you will be able to find inside the Help section of your Hepsia website hosting CP as well. You will need to pick the hostname for which the new record is going to be created from a drop-down menu where you will find all of your domain addresses and subdomains. Creating the new AAAA record is as basic as selecting the one that you need and entering the IPv6 address for it. This is achieved with no more than several clicks, so you can easily direct any hostname to a different company by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they offer. It takes seconds for the new record to be active and just around an hour for it to propagate worldwide, so you'll be done in no time. The other provider could also request you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, that's different from the standard one - 3600 seconds. This feature determines how long it will take for any new value which you set for your record to take effect while the old value is still active.