An AAAA record is an Internet protocol address in the freshly released IPv6 format and it is comprised of 8 groups of hexadecimal numbers, in contrast to the IPv4 IPs, which include 4 groups of digits between 1 and 255. An 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 greater than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each domain has its web hosting server IP address as a record and in essence, that record informs the domain address where the Internet site for it is. Depending on the system the service provider employs, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record allows you to host your Internet site with one provider and your email messages 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'll need to set up an AAAA record for it.
AAAA Records in Shared Website Hosting
If you want to set up a new AAAA record for any domain name or subdomain hosted inside your shared website hosting account, it will not take you more than several simple steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel is very intuitive to use and is going to enable you to create or change any record without difficulty. After you log in and navigate to the DNS Records section, where you'll discover all existing records for your domain names and subdomains, you will just have to click the "New" button, pick AAAA from a small drop-down menu within the pop-up that'll appear, input or paste the needed IPv6 address and save the change - it's as easy as that. The new record will be fully functioning within only an hour and the hostname that you have created it for shall start opening whatever content you have with the other company. When required, you will also be able to edit the TTL (Time To Live) value, which indicates the time in seconds that the new record will be active after you eventually edit it to something different or you simply delete it.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
As our leading-edge cloud web hosting platform supports AAAA records, you will be able to create one without difficulty for every domain address or subdomain you host inside a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record is going to propagate within the hour, so you can start using the services of any other service 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 before. The set up of the new AAAA record is as basic as selecting the needed domain name or subdomain and the AAAA type via simple drop-down menus, entering the IPv6 address inside a text box and saving the change. You will be able to edit the record at any time if necessary. Assuming the other company requires a certain TTL value for the new record, you'll be able to edit this setting as well. The Time To Live option outlines how long an existing record will continue functioning after you modify it or remove it and the time is in seconds.