An AAAA record is an IP address within the freshly introduced IPv6 format and it is made up of 8 different sets of hexadecimal numbers, in contrast to the IPv4 IPs, which include 4 sets of numbers between 1 and 255. A good example of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and with this format the sheer number of IPs that can be created is many times larger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each and every domain has its hosting server Internet protocol as a record and in essence, this unique record tells the domain address where the Internet site for it is. Depending on the system that the company uses, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record allows you to host your site with one provider and your e-mails with a different one, so if you choose to use this sort of redirection to forward a domain name to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will need to set up an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Shared Website Hosting

If you'd like to set up a new AAAA record a domain name or subdomain hosted in 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 it will enable you to set up or change every single record effortlessly. As soon as you log in and navigate to the DNS Records section, where you'll discover all current records for your domain addresses and subdomains, you will just have to click the "New" button, pick out AAAA from a small drop-down menu in the pop-up which will appear, enter or paste the required IPv6 address and save the change - it is as simple as that. The new record is going to be fully functioning within no more than 1 hour and the hostname which you have created it for will start opening whatever content you have with the other provider. If required, you are also going to be able to modify the TTL (Time To Live) value, which reveals the time in seconds which the new record will be working after you eventually change it to something different or you simply delete it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you have a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you have to set up an AAAA record for a domain address you have hosted in it or a subdomain you have set up, it'll take you only a few clicks inside the Hepsia CP to do that. Even if you have never had a hosting account before, you'll not encounter any issues as you will use a very simple and user-friendly interface. All the DNS records for your domain names are going to be listed in a section of the Control Panel with the exact same name, so as soon as you go there, you'll see all records which have been set up automatically or manually and you'll be able to set up a new one by clicking on the corresponding button. A compact pop-up shall appear, so with just a few mouse clicks you can select the type of record that you need and for which domain name or subdomain it will be set up. Afterwards, simply paste the IPv6 address within a text box, save the change and an hour later the new AAAA record is going to be 100% live. As an optional setting, you can choose the time this record is going to be active after you modify it or delete it in the future. This is the so-called TTL, or Time To Live value of the record, which you can change from the default 3600 seconds in case the other company demands it.