An AAAA record is an IP within the recently launched IPv6 format and it consists of eight groups of hexadecimal digits, in contrast to the IPv4 IPs, which include 4 sets of digits in between 1 and 255. An example of an IPv6 address is 3014:0d43:23a3:2354:1320:8f3b:2635:3254 and with this format the number of IPs that could be created is many times greater than the number of the IPv4 addresses. Each and every domain name has its hosting server IP address as a record and in essence, this record informs the domain where the site for it is. Depending on the system the company uses, the record is going to be called A (IPv4) or AAAA (IPv6). Changing this record permits you to host your site with one company and your e-mails with another, so if you choose to use this kind of redirection to point a domain to a server that uses an IPv6 address, you will need to set up an AAAA record for it.
AAAA Records in Shared Hosting
If you wish to use a domain name or a subdomain which you have within a shared hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you have to set up an AAAA record for that, it is not going to take you more than just a few clicks to do this using our effective, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel. After you visit the DNS Records section and click on the Create a New Record button, a little pop-up will show up. This is the spot in which you can set up any DNS record, so you only have to pick the needed domain or subdomain and the type of record from drop-down navigation and type in the IPv6 address, that is the actual record. Even if you have no experience with such matters, you'll not have any difficulties as Hepsia is incredibly intuitive and your new AAAA record is going to propagate within the hour, to enable you to start using your domain/subdomain with the other service provider. In case they require it, you are also going to be able to change the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, determining how long it is going to stay active in the global DNS system after you modify it or erase it.