AAAA is a domain name record, that is basically the IPv6 address of the web server in which the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was introduced to replace the present IPv4 system where every IP comprises of 4 sets of decimal digits ranging from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. On the other hand, an IPv6 address features 8 groups of 4 hexadecimal numbers - from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The main reason for this change is the significantly smaller amount of unique IPs the existing system supports and the quick increase of gadgets that are connected to the world wide web. An illustration of an IPv6 address would be 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you need to point a domain name to a server which uses this kind of an address, you have to create an AAAA record for it, and not the widespread A record, which is an IPv4 address. The two records have the same exact function, yet different notations are used, in order to distinguish the two sorts of addresses.

AAAA Records in Website Hosting

The highly developed Hepsia website hosting Control Panel, which comes with our website hosting, will permit you to create a new AAAA record easily. Once you are in the account and you go to the DNS Records section, you'll discover all records you have for every 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 select the domain/subdomain in question, pick AAAA and then simply enter or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We have a step-by-step guide if you have never created records for your domain addresses, but it's unlikely that you will need it as Hepsia is much easier to use compared with other Control Panels available on the market. Within an hour your new record is going to be functioning and your domain shall start resolving to the servers of the other service provider. Additionally, there is an option to change the TTL value, which shows how long this record will be active if you modify it, from the default 3600 seconds to any value which the other company may require.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Creating a new AAAA record is incredibly easy using our user-friendly Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so if you host a domain inside a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you need such a record either for it or for a subdomain that you have created under it, you will be able to create it in a few quite simple steps and without any hassle. Hepsia has a section dedicated to the DNS records of your domains where you can find all existing records or set up new ones with a couple of mouse clicks. All it takes to do that is to choose the domain/subdomain that you'd like to change, select AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and input the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address that the other provider has given you. Within an hour after you save the modification, the newly created record is going to propagate worldwide and your domain will start forwarding to the third-party server. If they require it, you can even change the TTL value, which shows the time this record shall be operating with its existing value before a new one takes over if you make any adjustments in the future.