An AAAA record is an Internet protocol address within the freshly presented IPv6 format and it is comprised of eight groups of hexadecimal digits, unlike the IPv4 IPs, which include four groups of digits in between 1 and 255. An example of an IPv6 address would be 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and with this format the sheer number of IPs that could be created is many times higher than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each domain has its hosting server IP address as a record and in essence, this record tells the domain name where the Internet site for it is. Depending on the system the service provider employs, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record will allow you to host your site with one company and your emails with a different one, so if you decide to use such a redirection to point a domain to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will have to create an AAAA record for it.
AAAA Records in Shared Web Hosting
If you want to set up a new AAAA record a domain name or subdomain hosted in your shared web hosting account, it won't take you more than a couple of simple steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia CP is very intuitive to use and it will enable you to create or change every record easily. After you sign in and navigate to the DNS Records section, in which you'll discover all present records for your domain names and subdomains, you will only have to click the "New" button, choose AAAA from a small drop-down options menu inside the pop-up which will show up, input or paste the necessary IPv6 address and save the modification - it is as easy as that. The new record shall be 100% live within no more than an hour and the hostname which you have created it for shall start opening whatever content you have with the other company. If needed, you'll also be able to modify the TTL (Time To Live) value, which indicates the time in seconds that the new record will be live after you eventually change it to something different or you simply erase it.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Creating a new AAAA record is incredibly easy using our user-friendly Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so if you host a domain name within a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you want such a record either for it or for a subdomain which you have set up under it, you'll be able to create it in just a few simple steps and without any hassle. Hepsia includes a section devoted to the DNS records of your domains where you can find all current records or set up new ones with a couple of clicks. All it takes to do that is to choose the domain/subdomain that you'd like to modify, select AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and input the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address which the other service provider has given you. Within an hour after you save the change, the new record will propagate globally and your Internet domain will start pointing to the third-party web server. If they demand it, you can even change the TTL value, which indicates the time this record shall be active with its present value before a new one takes over if you make any modifications in the future.