An AAAA record is an Internet protocol address within the freshly introduced IPv6 format and it comprises of 8 different groups of hexadecimal numbers, in contrast to the IPv4 IPs, that include 4 groups of digits 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 that may be created is many times bigger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each domain has its web hosting server Internet protocol as a record and in essence, this unique record informs the domain where the Internet site for it is. Depending on the system that the provider uses, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record allows you to host your website with one company and your e-mails with another, so if you decide to use this sort of redirection to point a domain to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll need to create an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Shared Website Hosting

If you wish to use a domain address or a subdomain which you have within a shared website hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you ought to set up an AAAA record for that, it is not going to take you more than just a few mouse clicks to do this by using our powerful, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel. When you go to the DNS Records section and then click the Create a New Record button, a small pop-up will show up. This is the area where you can create any DNS record, so you only have to pick the needed domain name or subdomain and the type of record from drop-down navigation and type in the IPv6 address, that’s the actual record. If you happen to have zero experience with such matters, you'll not have any problems as Hepsia is extremely user-friendly and the new AAAA record is going to propagate within the hour, so you can start using your domain/subdomain with the other provider. Provided they require it, you will also be able to change the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, determining how long it'll remain active in the global DNS system after you modify it or erase it.