AAAA Records

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An AAAA record is an IP address within the newly released IPv6 format and it comprises of eight groups of hexadecimal digits, in contrast to the IPv4 IPs, that include 4 groups of numbers between 1 and 255. A good example of an IPv6 address would be 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and with this format the total number of IPs that may be created is many times larger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each and every domain name has its website hosting server IP address as a record and in essence, this unique record instructs the domain address where the Internet site for it is. Depending on the system the provider employs, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record allows you to host your site with one company and your email messages with another, so if you decide to use this type of redirection to point a domain name to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll have to create an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Shared Website Hosting

In order to use a domain name or a subdomain that you have within a shared website hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you need to create an AAAA record for that, it will not take you more than a few mouse clicks to do this via our powerful, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel. When you go to the DNS Records section and click the Create a New Record button, a little pop-up will show up. This is the spot where you can set up any DNS record, so you only have to select the needed domain or subdomain and the type of record via drop-down navigation and enter the IPv6 address, which is the actual record. In case you have zero experience with such matters, you won't have any troubles as Hepsia is very intuitive and the new AAAA record is going to propagate within the hour, to enable you to start using your domain/subdomain with the other service provider. In case they demand it, you're also going to be able to edit the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, defining how long it'll remain active in the global DNS system after you modify it or delete it.