An AAAA record is an IP within the newly released IPv6 format and it is comprised of eight sets of hexadecimal digits, in contrast to the IPv4 IPs, which feature four groups of digits in between 1 and 255. An illustration of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and in this format the number of IPs which can be created is many times larger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every domain name has its website hosting server Internet protocol address as a record and in essence, this record instructs the domain address where the site for it is. Depending on the system that the service provider uses, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record permits you to host your site with one company and your emails with a different one, so if you choose to use such a redirection to point a domain address to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll need to create an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Website Hosting

In order to use a domain name or a subdomain which you have in a website hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you ought to set up an AAAA record for that, it will not take you more than a few mouse clicks to do this through our amazing, though easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel. Once you go to the DNS Records section and click the Create a New Record button, a little pop-up will show up. This is the spot where you could create any DNS record, so you just have to choose the needed domain or subdomain and the type of record via drop-down options menu and type in the IPv6 address, that’s the actual record. Just in case you have zero experience with such matters, you will not have any difficulties as Hepsia is incredibly user-friendly and the new AAAA record will propagate within the hour, so that you can start using your domain/subdomain with the other service provider. If they require it, you will also be able to change the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, outlining how long it is going to remain active in the global DNS system after you edit it or delete it.