An AAAA record is an Internet protocol address within the freshly presented IPv6 format and it comprises of 8 different groups of hexadecimal numbers, as opposed to the IPv4 IPs, which include four sets of numbers 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 sheer 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 website hosting server IP as a record and in essence, that record informs the domain address where the Internet site for it is. Depending on the system which the company employs, 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 decide to use this sort of redirection to point a domain name to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll have to set up an AAAA record for it.
AAAA Records in Cloud Website Hosting
If you want to use a domain name or a subdomain that you have inside a cloud website hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you have to create an AAAA record for that, it won't take you more than a few mouse clicks to do this through our highly effective, though easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel. As soon as you navigate to the DNS Records section and click the Create a New Record button, a little pop-up will appear. This is the place where you could set up any DNS record, so you simply have to pick the needed domain or subdomain and the type of record via drop-down menus and type in the IPv6 address, that’s the actual record. If you happen to have zero experience with such matters, you will not have any issues as Hepsia is quite user-friendly and the new AAAA record will propagate within the hour, so that you can start using your domain/subdomain with the other service provider. Provided they demand it, you will also be able to modify the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, outlining how long it's going to stay active in the global DNS system after you edit it or erase it.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers