An AAAA record is an Internet protocol address within the newly released IPv6 format and it is comprised of 8 groups of hexadecimal digits, in contrast to the IPv4 IPs, that include four groups of digits between 1 and 255. A good example of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and in this format the total number of IPs that may be created is many times higher than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every domain name has its website hosting server IP address as a record and in essence, this record informs the domain address where the website for it is located. Depending on the system which the company uses, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record enables you to host your site with one company and your emails with another, so if you choose to use this type of redirection to forward a domain to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will need to set up an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Hosting

If you are using a service through a third-party company and you have to create an AAAA record to forward a domain or a subdomain to their system, you're going to be able to do that with just a couple of clicks within the Hepsia Control Panel, provided with our hosting packages. After you log in, you will need to navigate to the DNS Records section where you are going to find all the records for every domain address or subdomain hosted in the account. Setting up a new record is as easy as clicking on a button, picking out the type from a drop-down options menu, which will be AAAA in this case, and then entering the value, or the actual IPv6 address, in a text box. As an added option you are able to modify the TTL value (Time To Live), that outlines how long the record will be functioning after you change it or delete it in the future. The new AAAA record will be operating in only an hour and will propagate globally an hour or two later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start redirecting to the new server.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Setting up a new AAAA record is quite easy using our user-friendly Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so if you host a domain name in a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you need such a record either for it or for a subdomain that you have created under it, you're going to be able to create it in just a few quite simple steps and without any hassle. Hepsia includes a section dedicated to the DNS records of your domains in which you can find all current records or set up 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 edit, select AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and enter the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address the other company has given you. Within an hour after you save the change, the new record is going to propagate globally and your domain will start forwarding to the third-party hosting server. If they demand it, you can even edit the TTL value, which outlines the time this record will be working with its present value before a new one takes over if you make any changes in the future.