An AAAA record is an IP address within the newly released IPv6 format and it is comprised of eight different groups of hexadecimal digits, unlike the IPv4 IPs, which include 4 groups 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 number of IPs that may be created is many times larger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each and every domain has its website hosting server IP address as a record and in essence, this record tells the domain address where the website for it is located. Depending on the system that the company uses, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record permits you to host your Internet site with one company and your e-mails with another, so if you choose to use this kind of redirection to forward a domain address to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll have to create an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Web Hosting

The highly developed Hepsia hosting CP, provided with our web hosting, allows you to create a new AAAA record effortlessly. When you are inside the account and you visit the DNS Records section, you will find all records that you have for every hosted domain name or a subdomain under it. All it takes to set up the AAAA record is to click the New Record button, to pick the domain/subdomain in question, choose AAAA then just enter or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We have a step-by-step guide if you have never created records for your domain addresses, but it is unlikely that you'll need it as Hepsia is much easier to work with compared with other Control Panels available. Within an hour your new record will be active and your domain will start resolving to the servers of the other company. There's also an option to modify the TTL value, which shows how long this record will be working if you edit it, from the standard 3600 seconds to any value that the other provider may require.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

When you've got a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you have to set up an AAAA record for a domain name you have hosted in it or a subdomain you've created, it is going to take you only a few mouse clicks in the Hepsia Control Panel to achieve that. Even when you have never had a website hosting account before, you'll not encounter any issues since you will use a very simple and user-friendly interface. All of the DNS records for your domain names are going to be listed in a section of the CP with the same name, so when you go there, you will see all records which have been set up automatically or manually and you'll be able to create a new one by simply clicking on the corresponding button. A little pop-up will appear, so with just several mouse clicks you can select the type of record that you need and for which Internet domain or subdomain it's going to be set up. Afterwards, just paste the IPv6 address within a text box, save the modification and 1 hour later the new AAAA record is going to be completely active. As an optional setting, you may choose the length of time this record shall be operating after you edit it or delete it in the future. This is 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 demands it.