An AAAA record is an IP address in the recently presented IPv6 format and it consists of 8 different groups of hexadecimal numbers, in contrast to the IPv4 IPs, which feature 4 sets of digits between 1 and 255. A good example of an IPv6 address would be 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. Each and every domain name has its web hosting server IP address as a record and in essence, this record instructs the domain address where the website for it can be found. Depending on the system the service provider uses, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record will allow you to host your site with one provider and your e-mails with a different one, so if you choose to use this type of redirection to point a domain to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will need to set up an AAAA record for it.
AAAA Records in Cloud Website Hosting
If you use a service with a third-party provider and you've got to set up an AAAA record to forward a domain or a subdomain to their system, you will be able to do that with only a few mouse clicks via the Hepsia Control Panel, provided with our cloud website hosting solutions. After you log in, you need to visit the DNS Records section in which you are going to find all records for any domain address or subdomain hosted in the account. Setting up a new record is as simple as clicking on a button, picking out the type from a drop-down menu, which will be AAAA in this case, and then typing the value, or the actual IPv6 address, inside a text box. As an extra option you are able to edit the TTL value (Time To Live), which determines how long the record is going to be live after you edit it or remove it in the future. The new AAAA record will be operating in just an hour and will propagate around the world a few hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start redirecting to the new hosting server.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
As our sophisticated cloud web hosting platform supports AAAA records, you will be able to create one with no trouble for any domain or subdomain which you host inside a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record is going to propagate within the hour, so that you can start using the services of any other company you point the domain/subdomain to in no time. You could create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel where you will also find all the other records that were created automatically or you have created manually before. The set up of the new AAAA record is as easy as choosing the needed domain name or subdomain and the AAAA type through simple drop-down menus, inputting the IPv6 address inside a text box and saving the change. You are going to be able to modify the record anytime if needed. Assuming the other company demands a particular TTL value for the new record, you'll be able to edit this setting also. The Time To Live option determines how long an existing record will keep operating after you modify it or remove it and the time is in seconds.