An AAAA record is an Internet protocol address in the recently launched IPv6 format and it consists of 8 sets of hexadecimal numbers, as opposed to the IPv4 IPs, that include 4 groups of digits between 1 and 255. An example of an IPv6 address is 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 domain has its web hosting server IP as a record and in essence, that record instructs the domain address where the Internet site for it is located. Depending on the system which the service provider uses, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record permits you to host your Internet site with one provider and your email messages with a different one, so if you decide to use this type of redirection to forward a domain name to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll need to create an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Hosting

If you are using a service through a third-party service provider and you need to set up an AAAA record to direct a domain or a subdomain to their system, you'll be able to do that with a couple of mouse clicks within the Hepsia Control Panel, supplied with all our hosting solutions. Once you log in, you need to proceed to the DNS Records section in which you will find all records for every domain address or subdomain hosted within the account. Setting up a new record is as basic as clicking on a button, picking out the type from a drop-down menu, that is to be AAAA in this case, and then inserting the value, or the actual IPv6 address, within a text box. As an added option you are able to modify the TTL value (Time To Live), that determines how long the record will be live after you edit it or erase it in the future. The new AAAA record will be live in no more than an hour and will propagate around the world a couple of hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start redirecting to the new web server.