An AAAA record is an IP address within the recently launched IPv6 format and it is comprised of eight different sets of hexadecimal numbers, unlike the IPv4 IPs, that include 4 sets of digits between 1 and 255. A good 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 may be created is many times higher than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each and every domain name has its hosting server IP address as a record and in essence, that record tells the domain where the site for it can be found. Depending on the system which the company employs, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record enables you to host your site with one company and your emails with a different one, so if you decide to use this sort of redirection to point a domain to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will need to set up an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Web Hosting

The cutting-edge Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with our web hosting, will allow you to set up a new AAAA record with ease. Once you are inside the account and you go to the DNS Records section, you'll discover all records that you have for every hosted domain address or a subdomain under it. All it takes to create the AAAA record is to click the New Record button, to pick the domain/subdomain in question, pick AAAA after which simply type or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We have a step-by-step guide in case you have never created records for your domain names, but it's extremely unlikely that you will need it as Hepsia is much easier to use in comparison with other Control Panels available on the market. Within an hour your new record shall be functioning and your domain shall start resolving to the servers of the other provider. Additionally, there is an option to change the TTL value, which shows how long this record is going to be functioning if you edit it, from the default 3600 seconds to any value that the other provider may require.