An AAAA record is an IP within the recently introduced IPv6 format and it is comprised of eight different sets of hexadecimal numbers, unlike the IPv4 IPs, which include 4 sets of digits in between 1 and 255. An example of an IPv6 address would be 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and in this format the amount of IPs that could be created is many times larger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each domain has its website hosting server IP address as a record and in essence, that record tells the domain address where the website for it is. Depending on the system which the service provider employs, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record allows you to host your site with one company and your emails with another, so if you choose to use such a redirection to forward a domain name to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll need to create an AAAA record for it.
AAAA Records in Shared Web Hosting
If you need to set up a new AAAA record for any domain or subdomain hosted in your shared web hosting account, it will not take you more than a few easy steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel is very intuitive to use and is going to enable you to create or edit any record easily. When you sign in and go to the DNS Records section, where you can find all existing records for your domains and subdomains, you'll simply have to click the "New" button, select AAAA from a small drop-down options menu inside the pop-up that will show up, enter or paste the necessary IPv6 address and save the change - it is as basic as that. The new record will be 100% working within no more than an hour and the hostname you have created it for is going to start opening whatever content you have with the other company. If needed, you are also going to be able to edit the TTL (Time To Live) value, which signifies the time in seconds which the new record will be working after you eventually modify it to something different or you simply delete it.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Setting up a new AAAA record for a domain or a subdomain hosted within a semi-dedicated server from our company features only a couple of really easy steps, which you'll be able to find in the Help section of your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel as well. You'll need to choose the hostname for which the new record will be created from a drop-down menu where you will find all your domains and subdomains. Setting up the new AAAA record is as simple as selecting the one that you need and typing in the IPv6 address for it. This is achieved with no more than several mouse clicks, so you can effortlessly forward any hostname to a different service provider by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they provide. It will take seconds for the new record to be active and just around an hour for it to propagate globally, so you will be done in no time. The other service provider could also request you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, that's different from the default one - 3600 seconds. This feature determines how long it will take for any new value that you set for your record to take effect while the old value is still active.