AAAA is a domain record, that is essentially the IPv6 address of the server where the domain name is hosted. The IPv6 system was intended to replace the current IPv4 system in which each IP is made up of four groups of decimal digits between 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. However, an IPv6 address features 8 groups of 4 hexadecimal digits - ranging from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The cause of this modification is the considerably smaller number of unique IPs the current system supports as well as the quick 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 point a domain address to a web server which uses such an address, you will need to set up an AAAA record for it, not the widely used A record, that is an IPv4 address. Both records deliver the very same function, but different notations are used, in order to differentiate the two sorts of addresses.

AAAA Records in Hosting

If you would like to create a new AAAA record for any domain name or subdomain hosted within your hosting account, it will not take you more than a couple of easy steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel is very intuitive to use and it'll enable you to create or modify every record effortlessly. As soon as you sign in and navigate to the DNS Records section, where you'll discover all present records for your domains and subdomains, you will only have to click on the "New" button, select AAAA from a small drop-down menu within the pop-up that'll show up, type or paste the necessary IPv6 address and save the modification - it's as easy as that. The new record is going to be 100% live within only 1 hour and the hostname which you have created it for shall start opening whatever content you have with the other provider. If required, you will also be able to modify the TTL (Time To Live) value, which shows the time in seconds the new record will be functioning after you eventually edit it to something different or you simply delete it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

As our advanced cloud web hosting platform supports AAAA records, you will be able to create one without difficulty for every domain name or subdomain which you host in 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 company you forward the domain/subdomain to right away. You can create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia website hosting CP where you will also find all the other records that were set up automatically or you have set up manually previously. The set up of the new AAAA record is as easy as selecting the needed domain or subdomain and the AAAA type via simple drop-down menus, inputting the IPv6 address inside a text box and saving the change. You'll be able to change the record at any time if needed. Assuming the other company requires a specific TTL value for the new record, you will be able to modify this setting too. The Time To Live option defines how long an existing record will keep operating after you change it or remove it and the time is in seconds.