AAAA is a domain name record, that's in essence the IPv6 address of the web server where the domain name is hosted. The IPv6 system was introduced to replace the current IPv4 system in which each and every IP is made up of 4 groups of decimal numbers ranging from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. In contrast, an IPv6 address features 8 sets of 4 hexadecimal numbers - which range from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason for this modification is the considerably smaller selection of unique IPs that the current system supports and the quick increase of devices which are connected to the Internet. An illustration of an IPv6 address would be 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you'd like to point a domain address to a server that uses this kind of an address, you need to create an AAAA record for it, and not the commonly used A record, which is an IPv4 address. The two records deliver the exact same function, yet different notations are used, to separate the two forms of addresses.

AAAA Records in Shared Hosting

If you'd like to set up a new AAAA record for any domain name or subdomain hosted inside your shared hosting account, it is not going to take you more than a couple of basic steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel is extremely intuitive to use and is going to permit you to set up or edit every record easily. After you log in and navigate to the DNS Records section, where you'll discover all current records for your domain names and subdomains, you will only have to click the "New" button, pick out AAAA from a small drop-down menu in the pop-up which will appear, input or paste the required IPv6 address and save the modification - it is as easy as that. The new record will be 100% working within only 1 hour and the hostname you have created it for shall start opening whatever content you have with the other provider. When required, you'll also be able to modify the TTL (Time To Live) value, which indicates the time in seconds that the new record will be functioning after you eventually modify it to something different or you simply erase it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Setting up a new AAAA record is incredibly easy with our user-friendly Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so if you host a domain in a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you want such a record either for it or for a subdomain which you have set up under it, you are going to be able to create it in just a few quite simple steps and with no hassle. Hepsia has a section devoted to the DNS records of your domains where you can find all current records or create new ones with a few mouse clicks. All it takes to accomplish this is to choose the domain/subdomain you want to change, choose AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and input the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address which the other provider has given you. Within an hour after you save the change, the new record is going to propagate globally and your domain name will start directing to the third-party server. If they require it, you may also edit the TTL value, which outlines the time this record is going to be functioning with its current value before a new one takes over if you make any modifications in the future.