AAAA is a domain record, which is in essence the IPv6 address of the server in which the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was intended to replace the existing IPv4 system in which every IP is comprised of four groups of decimal digits ranging from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. In contrast, an IPv6 address has eight sets of four hexadecimal digits - ranging from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The cause of this change is the tremendously smaller amount of unique IPs that the existing system supports as well as the fast increase of devices which are connected to the Internet. An example of an IPv6 address would be 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you'd like to forward a domain address to a web server that uses this type of an address, you'll have to set up an AAAA record for it, and not the commonly used A record, which is an IPv4 address. Both records have the exact same function, but different notations are used, to differentiate the two sorts of addresses.

AAAA Records in Website Hosting

If you would like to set up a new AAAA record a domain address or subdomain hosted in your website hosting account, it won't take you more than several easy steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel is quite intuitive to use and is going to enable you to create or change any record effortlessly. As soon as you log in and navigate to the DNS Records section, where you'll discover all existing records for your domains and subdomains, you will simply have to click the "New" button, choose AAAA from a small drop-down menu in the pop-up that will appear, enter or paste the needed IPv6 address and save the modification - it's as easy as that. The new record shall be fully functioning within no more than one hour and the hostname which you have created it for is going to start opening whatever content you have with the other company. If necessary, you are also going to be able to modify the TTL (Time To Live) value, which signifies the time in seconds the new record will be active after you eventually edit it to something different or you simply remove it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Creating a new AAAA record for a domain address or a subdomain hosted within a semi-dedicated server from our company features only a few very simple steps, that you will be able to find in the Help section of your Hepsia hosting CP as well. You'll have to select the hostname for which the new record will be created from a drop-down menu where you will find all of your domain addresses and subdomains. Creating the new AAAA record is as easy as selecting the one that you need and entering the IPv6 address for it. This is done with no more than a few clicks, so you can quickly direct any hostname to a different company by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they provide. It takes mere seconds for the new record to be functioning and just around an hour for it to propagate world-wide, so you will be done in no time. The other service provider can also require you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, which is different from the standard one - 3600 seconds. This feature shows how long it will take for any new value that you set for your record to take effect as the old value is still active.