An AAAA record is an IP address within the recently introduced IPv6 format and it is made up of eight different sets of hexadecimal digits, as opposed to the IPv4 IPs, which include 4 sets of numbers between 1 and 255. An example of an IPv6 address would be 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and in this format the amount of IPs that may be created is many times greater than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every single domain has its web hosting server Internet protocol address as a record and in essence, that record informs the domain name where the website for it is located. Depending on the system the provider employs, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record will allow you to host your website with one provider and your emails with a different one, so if you decide to use this sort of redirection to point a domain name to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will have to set up an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Web Hosting

The highly developed Hepsia website hosting CP, included with our web hosting, will enable you to set up a new AAAA record effortlessly. When you are within the account and you go to the DNS Records section, you'll discover all records you have for any 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, choose AAAA after which just type or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We have a step-by-step guide if you've never created records for your domain names, but it is extremely unlikely that you'll need it as Hepsia is much simpler to work with than compared with other Control Panels available. Within an hour your new record will be active and your domain name will start resolving to the servers of the other company. In addition, there’s an option to edit the TTL value, which outlines how long this record is going to be functioning if you change it, from the standard 3600 seconds to any value that the other company may require.