AAAA is a domain address record, that is in essence the IPv6 address of the web server where the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was designed to replace the current IPv4 system where every single Internet protocol address consists of four sets of decimal digits ranging from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. In contrast, an IPv6 address has eight groups of four hexadecimal numbers - from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason behind this modification is the substantially smaller range of unique IPs that the present system supports and the quick increase of products which 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 point a domain to a web server which uses this kind of an address, you have to set up an AAAA record for it, not the widely used A record, which is an IPv4 address. Both records deliver the very same function, but different notations are used, to identify the two sorts of addresses.

AAAA Records in Shared Website Hosting

The cutting-edge Hepsia website hosting CP, bundled with our shared website hosting, will allow you to create a new AAAA record with ease. When you are inside the account and you go to the DNS Records section, you will find all records that you have for any hosted domain or a subdomain under it. All it takes to set up the AAAA record is to click on the New Record button, to choose the domain/subdomain in question, pick AAAA after which simply enter or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We also have a step-by-step guide in case you have never created records for your domain addresses, but it is unlikely that you'll need it as Hepsia is much easier to employ compared with other Control Panels on the market. Within an hour your new record will be functioning 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 will be active if you update it, from the standard 3600 seconds to any value the other company may require.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

As our state-of-the-art cloud hosting platform supports AAAA records, you're going to be able to create one with ease for any internet domain or subdomain which you host inside a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record will propagate within the hour, so you can start using the services of any other company you forward the domain/subdomain to in no time. You can create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia website hosting CP in which you will also find all of the other records that were set up automatically or you have created manually in the past. The set up of the new AAAA record is as basic as picking the needed domain name or subdomain and the AAAA type via simple drop-down menus, entering the IPv6 address in a text box and saving the change. You'll be able to modify the record at any time if required. Assuming the other company requires a particular TTL value for the new record, you will be able to change this setting as well. The Time To Live option determines how long an existing record will keep functioning after you modify it or delete it and the time is in seconds.