An AAAA record is an Internet protocol address within the newly presented IPv6 format and it is made up of 8 groups of hexadecimal digits, in contrast to the IPv4 IPs, which feature 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 with this format the total number of IPs that may be created is many times larger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each domain name has its website hosting server IP as a record and in essence, this unique record informs the domain address where the site for it is located. Depending on the system which the provider employs, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record enables you to host your Internet site with one provider and your emails with another, so if you decide to use this sort of redirection to forward a domain address to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll need to set up an AAAA record for it.
AAAA Records in Website Hosting
If you want to use a domain or a subdomain which you have in a website hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you need to set up an AAAA record for that, it is not going to take you more than just a few mouse clicks to do this using our powerful, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia CP. When you visit the DNS Records section and then click the Create a New Record button, a little pop-up will show up. This is the area where you can create any DNS record, so you only have to choose the needed domain or subdomain and the type of record through drop-down navigation and type in the IPv6 address, that’s the actual record. If you happen to have no experience with such matters, you will not have any problems as Hepsia is extremely intuitive and the new AAAA record is going to propagate within the hour, to enable you to start using your domain/subdomain with the other company. Provided they require it, you're also going to be able to change the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, defining how long it'll remain active in the global DNS system after you modify it or remove it.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Setting up a new AAAA record is very easy with our user-friendly Hepsia hosting CP, so if you host a domain name inside a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you require such a record either for it or for a subdomain that you've set up under it, you're going to be able to create it in just a few rather simple steps and with no hassle. Hepsia features a section devoted to the DNS records of your domain addresses where you can find all existing records or set up new ones with a couple of clicks. All it takes to accomplish this is to pick the domain/subdomain you need to edit, select AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and input the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address which the other company has given you. Within an hour after you save the modification, the new record will propagate world-wide and your domain name will start forwarding to the third-party web server. If they demand it, you may also change the TTL value, which indicates the time this record shall be operating with its existing value before a new one kicks in if you make any adjustments in the future.