AAAA is a domain address record, that's essentially the IPv6 address of the web server in which the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was designed to replace the existing IPv4 system in which every IP address is made up of 4 groups of decimal digits between 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. In contrast, an IPv6 address has eight sets of four hexadecimal digits - from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason behind this change is the tremendously smaller range of unique IPs which the present system supports and also the quick increase of gadgets that are connected to the world wide web. An illustration of an IPv6 address is 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you want to forward a domain name to a server which uses this type of an address, you'll have to create an AAAA record for it, not the widely 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 sorts of addresses.

AAAA Records in Web Hosting

The advanced Hepsia web hosting CP, which comes with our web hosting, will enable you to set up a new AAAA record effortlessly. When you're within the account and you visit the DNS Records section, you will discover all records you have for every hosted domain address or a subdomain under it. All it takes to create the AAAA record is to click the New Record button, to pick the domain/subdomain in question, pick AAAA then only input or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We have a step-by-step guide in case you have never created records for your domains, but it is extremely unlikely that you will need it as Hepsia is much easier to work with in comparison with other Control Panels available. Within an hour your new record will be working and your domain address shall start resolving to the servers of the other service provider. In addition, there’s an option to edit the TTL value, which outlines how long this record is going to be working if you edit it, from the standard 3600 seconds to any value the other company may require.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

When you've got a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you need to set up an AAAA record for a domain address you have hosted in it or a subdomain you've created, it will take you only a few mouse clicks within the Hepsia CP to accomplish this. Even though you may have never had a website hosting account before, you won't encounter any difficulties as you will use a very simple and user-friendly interface. All the DNS records for your domain addresses are going to be listed in a section of the Control Panel with the exact same name, so as soon as you go there, you'll see all records which have been set up automatically or manually and you're going to be able to set up a new one by simply clicking the corresponding button. A small pop-up shall appear, so with just a few clicks you can choose the type of record that you need and for which domain name or subdomain it will be created. Then, just paste the IPv6 address inside a text box, save the change and 1 hour later the new AAAA record is going to be 100% functioning. As an optional setting, you may choose the length of time this record is going to be working after you edit it or remove it in the future. This is the so-called TTL, or Time To Live value of the record, which you can modify from the standard 3600 seconds when the other provider demands it.