AAAA is a domain address record, which is basically the IPv6 address of the server in which the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was designed to replace the current IPv4 system in which every Internet protocol address comprises of four groups of decimal numbers ranging from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. However, an IPv6 address features eight groups of four hexadecimal numbers - from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The cause of this modification is the tremendously smaller number of unique IPs that the current system supports and the speedy increase of products which are connected to the world wide web. An example of an IPv6 address would be 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you need to forward a domain name to a server which uses this kind of an address, you need to create an AAAA record for it, and not the widely used A record, which is an IPv4 address. The two records provide the same exact function, yet different notations are used, to separate the two types of addresses.

AAAA Records in Website Hosting

If you are using a service with a third-party company and you need to create an AAAA record to forward a domain or a subdomain to their system, you'll be able to do that with only a couple of mouse clicks within the Hepsia Control Panel, provided with our website hosting packages. After you sign in, you need to visit the DNS Records section in which you are going to find all of the records for every domain or subdomain hosted in the account. Creating a new record is as easy as clicking on a button, choosing the type from a drop-down options menu, that is to be AAAA in this case, and then inputting the value, or the actual IPv6 address, inside a text box. As an extra option you are able to modify the TTL value (Time To Live), that defines how long the record is going to be functioning after you change it or erase it in the future. The new AAAA record is going to be live in no more than an hour and will propagate around the world an hour or two later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start directing to the new hosting server.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Creating a new AAAA record for a domain address or a subdomain hosted inside a semi-dedicated server from our company features only a couple of very easy steps, that you will be able to find within the Help section of your Hepsia web hosting CP as well. You'll need to pick the hostname for which the new record will be created from a drop-down menu in which you will find all your domain names and subdomains. Setting up the new AAAA record is as basic as choosing the one that you need and typing in the IPv6 address for it. This is achieved with no more than several clicks, so you can quickly direct any hostname to a different service provider by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they offer. It takes seconds for the new record to be live and just around an hour for it to propagate worldwide, so you'll be done in no time. The other service provider may also require you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, that's different from the standard 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.