An AAAA record is an IP within the freshly introduced IPv6 format and it consists of eight sets of hexadecimal numbers, in contrast to the IPv4 IPs, that include 4 sets of digits in between 1 and 255. An illustration of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and with this format the sheer number of IPs that may be created is many times higher than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every domain name has its hosting server IP as a record and in essence, this record tells the domain name where the website for it is located. Depending on the system which the service provider employs, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record permits you to host your Internet site with one provider and your e-mails with another, so if you choose to use this type of redirection to forward a domain to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll need to set up an AAAA record for it.
AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting
The state-of-the-art Hepsia web hosting Control Panel, included with our cloud hosting, will enable you to create a new AAAA record easily. When you're inside the account and you navigate to the DNS Records section, you'll discover all records you have for every hosted domain or a subdomain under it. All it takes to set up the AAAA record is to click on the New Record button, to select the domain/subdomain in question, select AAAA and then simply input or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We also have a step-by-step guide in case you have never created records for your domains, but it's unlikely that you'll need it as Hepsia is much easier to work with than compared with other Control Panels available on the market. Within an hour your new record will be working and your domain address will start resolving to the servers of the other service provider. Additionally, there is an option to edit the TTL value, which determines how long this record is going to be working if you edit it, from the default 3600 seconds to any value the other company may require.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
As our innovative cloud hosting platform supports AAAA records, you'll be able to create one without difficulty for every domain name or subdomain that you host in a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record will propagate within the hour, so that you can start using the services of any other provider you direct the domain/subdomain to in no time. You can create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel in which you will also find all the other records that were created automatically or you have set up manually before. The set up of the new AAAA record is as easy as selecting the needed domain name or subdomain and the AAAA type through simple drop-down menus, typing the IPv6 address in a text box and saving the change. You will be able to edit the record at any time if necessary. If the other provider needs a specific TTL value for the new record, you'll be able to edit this setting as well. The Time To Live option determines how long an existing record will continue functioning after you edit it or delete it and the time is in seconds.