An AAAA record is an IP address within the newly launched IPv6 format and it is comprised of eight different groups of hexadecimal digits, unlike the IPv4 IPs, which feature four groups of digits between 1 and 255. An illustration of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and in this format the sheer number of IPs which can be created is many times larger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every domain has its website hosting server Internet protocol as a record and in essence, this record instructs the domain address where the website for it is located. Depending on the system which the company uses, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record will allow you to host your website with one company and your email messages with a different one, so if you decide to use this sort of redirection to point a domain to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll have to set up an AAAA record for it.
AAAA Records in Website Hosting
If you wish to use a domain address or a subdomain that you have in a website hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you have to create an AAAA record for that, it won't take you more than just a few clicks to do that using our powerful, though easy-to-use Hepsia CP. As soon as you go to the DNS Records section and then click the Create a New Record button, a compact pop-up will show up. This is the area 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 menus and input the IPv6 address, that is the actual record. In case you have zero experience with such matters, you'll not have any problems as Hepsia is incredibly user-friendly and the new AAAA record is going to propagate within the hour, so that you can start using your domain/subdomain with the other service provider. In case they require it, you're also going to be able to modify the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, defining how long it is going to stay active in the global DNS system after you edit it or erase it.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Creating a new AAAA record is quite easy with our user-friendly Hepsia hosting CP, so if you host a domain address in a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you need such a record either for it or for a subdomain that you have set up under it, you are going to be able to create it in a few simple steps and without any hassle. Hepsia has a section devoted to the DNS records of your domains where you can find all existing records or set up new ones with several mouse clicks. All it takes to do this is to choose the domain/subdomain you want to modify, choose AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and type the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address the other company has given you. Within an hour after you save the modification, the newly created record will propagate world-wide and your Internet domain will start directing to the third-party web server. If they require it, you could also edit the TTL value, which shows the time this record shall be working with its present value before a new one takes over if you make any adjustments in the future.