AAAA Records

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An AAAA record is an IP within the recently released IPv6 format and it consists of 8 groups of hexadecimal numbers, in contrast to 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 number of IPs that may be created is many times bigger than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Every single domain name has its website hosting server Internet protocol as a record and in essence, this unique record informs the domain name where the site for it can be found. Depending on the system the service provider employs, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record enables you to host your Internet site with one provider and your emails with another, so if you decide to use such a redirection to forward a domain to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will have to create an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting

The cutting-edge Hepsia hosting Control Panel, provided with our cloud hosting, will enable you to set up a new AAAA record without difficulty. When you're inside the account and you visit the DNS Records section, you will discover all records that you have for any hosted domain name or a subdomain under it. All it takes to set up the AAAA record is to click on the New Record button, to choose the domain/subdomain in question, choose AAAA and then just type in or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We've got a step-by-step guide if you have never created records for your domain names, but it is unlikely that you will need it as Hepsia is much simpler to employ compared with other Control Panels available on the market. Within an hour your new record will be active and your domain address will start resolving to the servers of the other company. Additionally, there is an option to change the TTL value, which determines how long this record is going to be working if you modify it, from the standard 3600 seconds to any value that the other service provider may require.