AAAA Records

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An AAAA record is an IP within the freshly released IPv6 format and it consists of 8 different groups of hexadecimal numbers, unlike the IPv4 IPs, that include 4 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 amount of IPs that could be created is many times greater than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every domain has its website hosting server Internet protocol address as a record and in essence, this unique record informs the domain address where the site for it is located. Depending on the system which the company uses, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record permits you to host your Internet site with one company and your emails with a different one, so if you choose to use this kind of redirection to point a domain name to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll need to set up an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Website Hosting

If you wish to use a domain name or a subdomain which you have within 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 a few mouse clicks to do that by using our amazing, though easy-to-use Hepsia CP. After you visit the DNS Records section and click the Create a New Record button, a small pop-up will show up. This is the spot where you can create any DNS record, so you only have to choose the needed domain name or subdomain and the type of record through drop-down options menu and enter the IPv6 address, that is the actual record. If you happen to have zero experience with such matters, you'll not have any difficulties as Hepsia is extremely user-friendly and the new AAAA record will propagate within the hour, so that you can start using your domain/subdomain with the other company. Provided they demand it, you'll also be able to edit the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, determining how long it's going to remain active in the global DNS system after you edit it or remove it.