AAAA is a domain address record, which is basically the IPv6 address of the web server where the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was designed to replace the existing IPv4 system where every IP comprises of 4 groups of decimal numbers between 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. In comparison, an IPv6 address features eight groups of four hexadecimal numbers - from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The cause of this transformation is the significantly smaller amount of unique IPs the present system supports and the quick increase of gadgets that are connected to the world wide web. A good example of an IPv6 address is 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you wish to forward a domain name to a server that uses such an address, you need to set up an AAAA record for it, not the widespread A record, which is an IPv4 address. Both records have the same exact function, yet different notations are used, in order to separate the two sorts of addresses.

AAAA Records in Hosting

If you wish to use a domain address or a subdomain that you have inside a hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you ought to create an AAAA record for that, it won't take you more than only a few mouse clicks to do this by using our effective, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia CP. Once you go to the DNS Records section and then click the Create a New Record button, a little pop-up will appear. This is the place in which you can set up any DNS record, so you only have to select the needed domain or subdomain and the type of record via drop-down options menu and type in the IPv6 address, that’s the actual record. Just in case you have no experience with such matters, you will not have any problems as Hepsia is very intuitive and your new AAAA record is going to propagate within the hour, to enable you to start using your domain/subdomain with the other service provider. In case they require it, you will also be able to edit the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, outlining how long it'll remain active in the global DNS system after you modify it or remove it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Creating a new AAAA record is incredibly easy with our user-friendly Hepsia hosting CP, so if you host a domain name in a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you need such a record either for it or for a subdomain that you've created under it, you'll be able to create it in just a few rather simple steps and with no hassle. Hepsia has a section dedicated to the DNS records of your domains in which you can find all existing records or create new ones with a few mouse clicks. All it takes to do that is to choose the domain/subdomain that you would like to modify, pick AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and input the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address which the other provider has given you. Within an hour after you save the change, the new record will propagate worldwide and your domain address will start pointing to the third-party hosting server. If they need it, you can even modify the TTL value, which reveals the time this record will be operating with its current value before a new one takes over if you make any modifications in the future.