An AAAA record is an IP address within the newly presented IPv6 format and it is comprised of 8 different sets of hexadecimal numbers, unlike the IPv4 IPs, which feature four sets of numbers in 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 amount of IPs that could be created is many times higher than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each domain has its hosting server Internet protocol address as a record and in essence, this record instructs the domain name where the website for it is. Depending on the system the service provider employs, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record allows you to host your website with one company and your e-mails with another, so if you choose to use this type of redirection to point a domain address to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will have to create an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Website Hosting

If you would like to set up a new AAAA record for any domain name or subdomain hosted in your website hosting account, it will not take you more than a few basic steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel is very intuitive to use and is going to enable you to create or change every single record with ease. As soon as you sign in and navigate to the DNS Records section, where you'll discover all present records for your domain addresses and subdomains, you will only have to click the "New" button, pick out AAAA from a small drop-down options menu inside the pop-up that'll show up, type or paste the needed IPv6 address and save the change - it is as simple as that. The new record is going to be 100% working within a maximum of one hour and the hostname that you have created it for shall start opening whatever content you have with the other provider. If needed, you are also going to be able to modify the TTL (Time To Live) value, which reveals the time in seconds which the new record will be functioning after you eventually change it to something different or you simply erase it.