An AAAA record is an IP address within the freshly introduced IPv6 format and it is comprised of 8 different sets of hexadecimal digits, as opposed to the IPv4 IPs, which feature four sets 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 greater than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every domain name has its web hosting server IP as a record and in essence, this record informs the domain name where the website for it is located. Depending on the system that the service provider employs, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record will allow you to host your website with one provider and your email messages with a different one, so if you decide to use this sort of redirection to forward a domain address to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll have to set up an AAAA record for it.
AAAA Records in Website Hosting
In order to use a domain name or a subdomain that you have inside a website hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you need to create an AAAA record for that, it won't take you more than only a few clicks to do that using our amazing, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia CP. When you visit the DNS Records section and then click the Create a New Record button, a little pop-up will show up. This is the place in which you can set up any DNS record, so you only have to pick the needed domain name or subdomain and the type of record through drop-down options menu and enter the IPv6 address, which is the actual record. Even if you have no experience with such matters, you will not have any issues as Hepsia is extremely intuitive and the new AAAA record will propagate within the hour, so that you can start using your domain/subdomain with the other service provider. Provided they demand it, you are also going to be able to modify the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, determining how long it will stay active in the global DNS system after you edit it or erase it.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Creating a new AAAA record for a domain name or a subdomain hosted inside a semi-dedicated server from our company involves only a couple of really easy steps, that you will be able to find inside the Help section of your Hepsia website hosting CP as well. You'll have to pick the hostname for which the new record will be created from a drop-down menu where you will find your domains and subdomains. Creating the new AAAA record is as simple as picking out the one that you need and inputting the IPv6 address for it. This is achieved with no more than a few mouse clicks, so you can quickly direct any hostname to a different provider by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they provide. It will take seconds for the new record to be active and just about an hour for it to propagate world-wide, so you'll be done in no time. The other provider could also request you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, that is different from the default one - 3600 seconds. This feature shows how long it will take for any new value which you set for your record to take effect while the old value is still active.