An AAAA record is an Internet protocol address in the recently introduced IPv6 format and it is comprised of 8 sets of hexadecimal numbers, as opposed to the IPv4 IPs, which include four sets of digits in between 1 and 255. An example of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and with this format the number of IPs which can be created is many times higher than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every domain has its website hosting server Internet protocol address as a record and in essence, this record instructs the domain where the website for it can be found. Depending on the system which the service provider uses, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record enables you to host your site with one provider and your e-mails with another, so if you decide to use this type of redirection to forward a domain address to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll have to create an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Shared Web Hosting

The highly developed Hepsia website hosting CP, bundled with our shared web hosting, will permit you to create a new AAAA record effortlessly. Once you are in the account and you go to the DNS Records section, you'll find all records that you have for any hosted domain name or a subdomain under it. All it takes to create the AAAA record is to click the New Record button, to choose the domain/subdomain in question, select AAAA after which just input or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We've got a step-by-step guide if you've never created records for your domain addresses, but it's not likely that you'll need it as Hepsia is much easier to make use of than other Control Panels on the market. Within an hour your new record is going to be active and your domain shall start resolving to the servers of the other company. There is also an option to change the TTL value, which shows how long this record will be active if you edit it, from the default 3600 seconds to any value the other provider may require.