An AAAA record is an IP address within the freshly introduced IPv6 format and it is made up of eight sets of hexadecimal digits, as opposed to the IPv4 IPs, that include 4 groups of digits in 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 total 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 web hosting server IP as a record and in essence, that record informs the domain where the site for it can be found. Depending on the system that the company uses, the record will be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record will allow you to host your website with one company and your emails with a different one, so if you choose to use this sort of redirection to point a domain address to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will have to create an AAAA record for it.

AAAA Records in Web Hosting

The cutting-edge Hepsia hosting Control Panel, bundled with our web hosting, allows you to set up a new AAAA record effortlessly. When you are inside the account and you go to the DNS Records section, you'll find all records 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 select the domain/subdomain in question, select AAAA then just input or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We have a step-by-step guide if you've never created records for your domain addresses, but it's unlikely that you will need it as Hepsia is much simpler to use compared with other Control Panels available. Within an hour your new record will be active and your domain address will start resolving to the servers of the other service provider. Additionally, there is an option to edit the TTL value, which outlines how long this record is going to be working if you modify it, from the default 3600 seconds to any value the other company may require.