AAAA is a domain record, that's basically the IPv6 address of the server in which the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was designed to replace the existing IPv4 system in which every single IP address is made up of four sets of decimal digits between 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. In contrast, an IPv6 address features eight sets of 4 hexadecimal numbers - which range from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The cause of this modification is the considerably smaller selection of unique IPs which the present system supports and also the rapid increase of products that are connected to the world wide web. An example of an IPv6 address is 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you want to forward a domain to a machine that uses such an address, you need to create an AAAA record for it, not the widely used A record, which is an IPv4 address. The 2 records deliver the exact same function, but different notations are used, in order to distinguish the two sorts of addresses.

AAAA Records in Website Hosting

In order to use a domain or a subdomain you have within a website hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you have to create an AAAA record for that, it will not take you more than a few clicks to do that by using our effective, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel. Once you visit the DNS Records section and then click the Create a New Record button, a compact pop-up will show up. This is the area in which you can set up any DNS record, so you simply have to choose the needed domain address or subdomain and the type of record via drop-down options menu and enter the IPv6 address, which is the actual record. Even if you have zero experience with such matters, you'll not have any problems as Hepsia is very user-friendly and your new AAAA record will propagate within the hour, so you can start using your domain/subdomain with the other provider. If they require it, you're also going to be able to edit the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, defining how long it's going to stay active in the global DNS system after you change it or delete it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

As our state-of-the-art cloud web hosting platform supports AAAA records, you'll be able to create one with no trouble for every domain name or subdomain which you host inside a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record is going to propagate within the hour, so you can start using the services of any other provider you point the domain/subdomain to in no time. You can create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia hosting CP where you will also find all the other records that were set up automatically or you have set up manually before. The set up of the new AAAA record is as simple as selecting the needed Internet domain or subdomain and the AAAA type from simple drop-down menus, inputting the IPv6 address in a text box and saving the change. You'll be able to edit the record anytime if needed. If the other service provider requires a certain TTL value for the new record, you will be able to modify this setting also. The Time To Live option outlines how long an existing record will keep functioning after you edit it or erase it and the time is in seconds.