An AAAA record is an IP in the newly released IPv6 format and it is made up of 8 different sets of hexadecimal numbers, unlike the IPv4 IPs, that include 4 groups of numbers in 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 sheer number of IPs that can be created is many times greater than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each domain name has its web hosting server IP address as a record and in essence, this record informs the domain name where the website for it is located. Depending on the system which the company uses, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record enables you to host your Internet site with one company and your email messages with another, so if you decide to use this type of redirection to forward a domain name 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 are using a service with a third-party company and you have to create an AAAA record to direct a domain name or a subdomain to their system, you are going to be able to do that with a couple of mouse clicks via the Hepsia CP, supplied with all of our website hosting solutions. Once you sign in, you will need to visit the DNS Records section in which you will find all of the records for every domain or subdomain hosted in the account. Creating a new record is as easy as clicking on a button, picking the type from a drop-down menu, which will be AAAA in this case, and then inserting the value, or the actual IPv6 address, inside a text box. As an extra option you are able to edit the TTL value (Time To Live), that determines how long the record is functioning after you change it or delete it in the future. The new AAAA record will be functioning in no more than an hour and will propagate worldwide a few hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start pointing to the new web server.