AAAA Records

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An AAAA record is an Internet protocol address within the recently introduced IPv6 format and it consists of eight different sets of hexadecimal numbers, unlike the IPv4 IPs, which feature 4 sets of digits 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 amount of IPs that could 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 tells the domain where the website for it is. Depending on the system that the provider employs, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record permits you to host your Internet site with one company and your email messages with a different one, so if you decide to use such a redirection to forward 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 want to use a domain or a subdomain you have inside a website hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you have to set up an AAAA record for that, it is not going to take you more than just a few clicks to do this using our effective, though easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel. Once you go to the DNS Records section and click on the Create a New Record button, a small pop-up will appear. This is the place in which you can create any DNS record, so you simply have to select the needed domain name or subdomain and the type of record via drop-down navigation and enter the IPv6 address, that’s the actual record. In case you have zero experience with such matters, you'll not have any issues as Hepsia is very intuitive and your new AAAA record is going to propagate within the hour, so that you can start using your domain/subdomain with the other company. In case they demand it, you'll also be able to modify the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, outlining how long it will remain active in the global DNS system after you edit it or remove it.