AAAA is a domain record, which is essentially the IPv6 address of the server where the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was designed to replace the current IPv4 system in which each Internet protocol address is made up of 4 groups of decimal digits which range from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. On the other hand, an IPv6 address features 8 sets of 4 hexadecimal numbers - ranging from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason for this modification is the substantially smaller amount of unique IPs that the present system supports and the speedy increase of products that are connected to the Internet. An example of an IPv6 address would be 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you want to forward a domain address to a machine which uses such an address, you'll have to set up an AAAA record for it, and not the commonly used A record, which is an IPv4 address. The two records provide the same exact function, yet different notations are used, to identify the two sorts of addresses.

AAAA Records in Shared Web Hosting

The cutting-edge Hepsia website hosting Control Panel, which comes with our shared web hosting, allows you to set up a new AAAA record without difficulty. Once you are within the account and you go to the DNS Records section, you will discover all records you have for any hosted domain name 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, choose AAAA after which simply type in or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We have a step-by-step guide in case you have never created records for your domain addresses, but it's extremely unlikely that you will need it as Hepsia is much easier to make use of than other Control Panels available. Within an hour your new record will be working and your domain name will start resolving to the servers of the other company. There's also an option to edit the TTL value, which shows how long this record will be active if you change it, from the standard 3600 seconds to any value the other service provider may require.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Creating a new AAAA record is very easy with our user-friendly Hepsia hosting CP, so if you host a domain within a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you require such a record either for it or for a subdomain that you've created under it, you'll be able to create it in a few rather simple steps and with no hassle. Hepsia has a section dedicated to the DNS records of your domain names where you can find all existing records or create new ones with a few clicks. All it takes to do this is to select the domain/subdomain that you would like to edit, choose AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and type the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address the other service provider has given you. Within an hour after you save the change, the new record is going to propagate globally and your domain will start pointing to the third-party server. If they need it, you could also modify the TTL value, which indicates the time this record will be working with its existing value before a new one takes over if you make any changes in the future.