AAAA is a domain name record, which is in essence the IPv6 address of the web server where the domain name is hosted. The IPv6 system was intended to replace the current IPv4 system in which every single IP address comprises of 4 sets of decimal numbers which range from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. However, an IPv6 address features eight groups of four hexadecimal numbers - ranging from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The main reason for this transformation is the considerably smaller range of unique IPs which the current system supports as well as the quick increase of gadgets which are connected to the Internet. A good example of an IPv6 address would be 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you want to point a domain to a server that uses this kind of an address, you'll have to set up an AAAA record for it, and not the widespread A record, which is an IPv4 address. The 2 records have the same exact function, yet different notations are used, to distinguish the two types of addresses.

AAAA Records in Shared Hosting

If you want to set up a new AAAA record a domain address or subdomain hosted inside your shared hosting account, it is not going to take you more than a couple of simple steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia CP is very intuitive to use and is going to allow you to set up or modify any record with ease. Once you sign in and go to the DNS Records section, in which you'll discover all current records for your domain addresses and subdomains, you will just have to click the "New" button, pick AAAA from a small drop-down options menu inside the pop-up that'll appear, enter or paste the required IPv6 address and save the modification - it is as simple as that. The new record will be 100% live within a maximum of an hour and the hostname you have created it for shall start opening whatever content you have with the other provider. If necessary, you'll also be able to change the TTL (Time To Live) value, which shows the time in seconds that the new record will be functioning after you eventually change it to something different or you simply delete it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Setting up a new AAAA record for a domain address or a subdomain hosted inside a semi-dedicated server from our company involves only a couple of really easy steps, which you'll be able to find inside the Help section of your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel as well. You will have to select the hostname for which the new record is going to be created from a drop-down menu where you will find all your domain names and subdomains. Setting up the new AAAA record is as easy as picking out the one that you need and entering the IPv6 address for it. This is accomplished with no more than a couple of mouse clicks, so you can effortlessly forward any hostname to a different company by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they provide. It will take seconds for the new record to be live and just about an hour for it to propagate globally, so you will be done in no time. The other company may also ask you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, that's different from the default one - 3600 seconds. This feature outlines 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.