An AAAA record is an IP within the newly launched IPv6 format and it is comprised of eight different sets of hexadecimal digits, in contrast to the IPv4 IPs, that include 4 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 sheer number of IPs that can be created is many times higher than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every domain has its website hosting server Internet protocol address as a record and in essence, that record instructs the domain address where the site for it is located. Depending on the system the service provider uses, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record permits you to host your Internet site with one provider and your emails with another, so if you decide to use such a 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

The highly developed Hepsia website hosting Control Panel, which comes with our hosting, will enable you to create a new AAAA record effortlessly. When you are in the account and you go to the DNS Records section, you will discover all records you have for any hosted domain address or a subdomain under it. All it takes to create the AAAA record is to click on the New Record button, to select the domain/subdomain in question, select AAAA and then just type in or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We've got a step-by-step guide if you've never created records for your domain addresses, but it's extremely unlikely that you'll need it as Hepsia is much simpler to employ compared with other Control Panels available on the market. Within an hour your new record shall be working and your domain name shall start resolving to the servers of the other service provider. In addition, there’s an option to edit the TTL value, which determines how long this record is going to be functioning if you change it, from the default 3600 seconds to any value which the other company may require.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

As our innovative cloud web hosting platform supports AAAA records, you are going to be able to create one with no trouble for any domain or subdomain you host within a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record will propagate within the hour, to enable you to start using the services of any other provider you point the domain/subdomain to right away. You can create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel in which you will also find all of the other records that were created automatically or you have created manually in the past. The set up of the new AAAA record is as easy as picking the needed domain or subdomain and the AAAA type via simple drop-down menus, entering the IPv6 address in a text box and saving the change. You are going to be able to modify the record at any time if needed. Assuming the other provider requires a specific TTL value for the new record, you will be able to modify this setting also. The Time To Live option specifies how long an existing record will keep operating after you modify it or erase it and the time is in seconds.