AAAA Records

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An AAAA record is an Internet protocol address in the recently introduced IPv6 format and it is made up of 8 different groups of hexadecimal numbers, in contrast to the IPv4 IPs, which include four sets of numbers between 1 and 255. A good example of an IPv6 address would be 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and in this format the number of IPs that can be created is many times bigger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each and every domain name has its hosting server IP as a record and in essence, this unique record instructs the domain where the website for it is located. Depending on the system the provider employs, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record permits you to host your site with one provider and your e-mails with another, so if you decide to use this type of redirection to point a domain address to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll have to create an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Web Hosting

In order to use a domain or a subdomain you have within a web hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you have to set up an AAAA record for that, it won't take you more than just a few mouse clicks to do that through our highly effective, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia CP. Once you visit the DNS Records section and click the Create a New Record button, a little pop-up will show up. This is the spot in which you can set up any DNS record, so you just have to pick the needed domain address or subdomain and the type of record from drop-down options menu and input the IPv6 address, that’s the actual record. Even if you have no experience with such matters, you will not have any problems as Hepsia is very intuitive and your new AAAA record will propagate within the hour, so that you can start using your domain/subdomain with the other service provider. In case they require it, you are also going to be able to modify the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, defining how long it's going to remain active in the global DNS system after you edit it or delete it.