An AAAA record is an IP in the freshly introduced IPv6 format and it is made up of eight sets of hexadecimal numbers, unlike the IPv4 IPs, that include four sets of digits in between 1 and 255. A good example of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and with this format the sheer number of IPs which can be created is many times greater than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each and every domain name has its hosting server Internet protocol as a record and in essence, that record tells the domain name where the website for it can be found. Depending on the system which the company uses, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record allows you to host your website with one company and your email messages with another, so if you decide to use this kind of redirection to point a domain address to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you'll need to set up an AAAA record for it.
AAAA Records in Hosting
In order to use a domain address or a subdomain that you have in a hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you have to set up an AAAA record for that, it will not take you more than a few mouse clicks to do that through our effective, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia CP. After you navigate to the DNS Records section and then click the Create a New Record button, a compact pop-up will appear. This is the area where you can create any DNS record, so you just have to select the needed domain address or subdomain and the type of record from drop-down navigation and type in the IPv6 address, which is the actual record. Even if you have zero experience with such matters, you will not have any problems as Hepsia is quite intuitive and the new AAAA record will propagate within the hour, so you can start using your domain/subdomain with the other service provider. In case they demand it, you are also going to be able to modify the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, outlining how long it will remain active in the global DNS system after you modify it or delete it.