An AAAA record is an IP address in the freshly introduced IPv6 format and it consists of eight different sets of hexadecimal numbers, as opposed to the IPv4 IPs, which include 4 sets of numbers between 1 and 255. An example of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and in this format the amount of IPs which can be created is many times larger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every domain name has its website hosting server Internet protocol as a record and in essence, this unique record informs the domain where the site for it is located. Depending on the system which the service provider employs, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record enables you to host your site with one provider and your email messages 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 will have to create an AAAA record for it.
AAAA Records in Hosting
If you want to create a new AAAA record for any domain address or subdomain hosted within your hosting account, it won't take you more than a couple of simple steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia CP is very intuitive to use and it will permit you to create or edit every single record without difficulty. After you log in and navigate to the DNS Records section, where you can find all existing records for your domain names and subdomains, you'll only have to click the "New" button, select AAAA from a small drop-down options menu in the pop-up which will show up, enter or paste the required IPv6 address and save the modification - it is as basic as that. The new record is going to be 100% functioning within only one hour and the hostname you have created it for will start opening whatever content you have with the other company. If needed, you will also be able to modify the TTL (Time To Live) value, which signifies the time in seconds which the new record will be working after you eventually edit it to something different or you simply erase it.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
If you have a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you need to create an AAAA record for a domain you have hosted in it or a subdomain you have set up, it'll take you only a few mouse clicks within the Hepsia Control Panel to accomplish this. Even though you may have never had a hosting account before, you won't experience any difficulties as you will use a very simple and intuitive interface. All the DNS records for your domain addresses will be listed in a section of the Control Panel with the exact same name, so once you go there, you'll see all records that have been created automatically or manually and you're going to be able to set up a new one by simply clicking on the corresponding button. A little pop-up will appear, so with a few mouse clicks you can select the type of record you require and for which Internet domain or subdomain it's going to be created. After that, simply paste the IPv6 address in a text box, save the modification and 1 hour later the new AAAA record is going to be 100% functioning. As an optional setting, you may choose the time this record will be active after you edit it or remove it in the future. That is the so-called TTL, or Time To Live value of the record, which you can modify from the default 3600 seconds when the other provider needs it.