AAAA is a domain address record, that's basically the IPv6 address of the web server where the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was intended to replace the present IPv4 system in which each IP address comprises of 4 sets of decimal digits between 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. In contrast, an IPv6 address has eight groups of 4 hexadecimal digits - from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason for this change is the considerably smaller selection of unique IPs that the existing system supports as well as the rapid increase of devices which are connected to the Internet. An illustration of an IPv6 address is 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you wish to direct a domain to a machine which uses this sort of an address, you need to create an AAAA record for it, not the commonly used A record, which is an IPv4 address. The 2 records have the very same function, but different notations are used, so as to separate the two types of addresses.

AAAA Records in Web Hosting

In order to use a domain address or a subdomain you have in a web hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you ought to set up an AAAA record for that, it won't take you more than only a few mouse clicks to do that using our amazing, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel. As soon as you navigate to the DNS Records section and click on the Create a New Record button, a small pop-up will appear. This is the place in which you can create any DNS record, so you only have to choose the needed domain address or subdomain and the type of record from drop-down navigation and enter 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 very user-friendly and the new AAAA record will propagate within the hour, so you can start using your domain/subdomain with the other provider. If they demand it, you'll also be able to change the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, defining how long it will stay active in the global DNS system after you change it or remove it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Setting up a new AAAA record is extremely easy with our user-friendly Hepsia hosting Control Panel, 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 just a few rather simple steps and without any hassle. Hepsia includes a section dedicated to the DNS records of your domains in which you can find all existing records or set up new ones with a few mouse clicks. All it takes to do this is to choose the domain/subdomain that you'd like to edit, choose AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and input the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address the other service provider has given you. Within an hour after you save the modification, the new record is going to propagate globally and your Internet domain will start forwarding to the third-party server. If they require it, you may also modify the TTL value, which indicates the time this record is going to be functioning with its present value before a new one takes over if you make any modifications in the future.