AAAA is a domain address record, that's essentially the IPv6 address of the web server where the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was designed to replace the current IPv4 system in which every single IP address is made up of 4 sets of decimal numbers ranging from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. On the other hand, an IPv6 address includes eight groups of four hexadecimal digits - ranging from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason for this transformation is the considerably smaller selection of unique IPs the current system supports as well as the rapid increase of units which are connected to the world wide web. An example of an IPv6 address would be 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you'd like to point a domain name to a machine that uses this type of an address, you have to set up an AAAA record for it, not the widely used A record, that is an IPv4 address. The two records deliver the very same function, but different notations are used, in order to distinguish the two types of addresses.

AAAA Records in Shared Hosting

The highly developed Hepsia website hosting Control Panel, provided with our shared hosting, will allow you to set up a new AAAA record effortlessly. When you are in the account and you navigate to the DNS Records section, you'll discover all records that you have for every hosted domain name or a subdomain under it. All it takes to set up the AAAA record is to click the New Record button, to choose the domain/subdomain in question, choose AAAA and then only enter or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We also have a step-by-step guide if you have never created records for your domains, but it's extremely unlikely that you will need it as Hepsia is much easier to make use of in comparison with other Control Panels on the market. Within an hour your new record is going to be working and your domain address shall start resolving to the servers of the other provider. There's also an option to modify the TTL value, which outlines how long this record will be functioning if you edit it, from the default 3600 seconds to any value the other company may require.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Setting up a new AAAA record is incredibly easy using our user-friendly Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so if you host a domain address inside a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you need such a record either for it or for a subdomain that you've set up under it, you're going to be able to create it in just a few simple steps and without any hassle. Hepsia features a section devoted to the DNS records of your domain addresses where you can find all existing records or set up new ones with several clicks. All it takes to do that is to choose the domain/subdomain that you'd like to change, choose AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and type the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address the other provider has given you. Within an hour after you save the modification, the newly created record is going to propagate world-wide and your domain name will start forwarding to the third-party web server. If they need it, you may also change the TTL value, which indicates the time this record shall be active with its existing value before a new one kicks in if you make any changes in the future.