AAAA is a domain name record, that is basically the IPv6 address of the server where the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was intended to replace the present IPv4 system in which each Internet protocol address is made up of 4 sets of decimal numbers ranging from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. In contrast, an IPv6 address includes 8 sets of four hexadecimal digits - which range from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason for this change is the tremendously smaller range of unique IPs the current system supports and the fast increase of units which 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 forward a domain address to a server which uses such an address, you have to create an AAAA record for it, not the widespread A record, which is an IPv4 address. The 2 records provide the very same function, yet different notations are used, to differentiate the two sorts of addresses.

AAAA Records in Shared Hosting

The state-of-the-art Hepsia hosting Control Panel, provided with our shared hosting, will allow you to create a new AAAA record effortlessly. When you are within the account and you navigate to the DNS Records section, you'll discover all records you have for any hosted domain or a subdomain under it. All it takes to create the AAAA record is to click on the New Record button, to pick the domain/subdomain in question, choose AAAA then only input or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We've got a step-by-step guide in case you have never created records for your domain addresses, but it is extremely unlikely that you will need it as Hepsia is much simpler to work with compared with other Control Panels on the market. Within an hour your new record shall be working and your domain address shall start resolving to the servers of the other service provider. In addition, there’s an option to modify the TTL value, which determines how long this record will be functioning if you modify it, from the standard 3600 seconds to any value the other company may require.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

If you have a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you need to set up an AAAA record for a domain name you have hosted in it or a subdomain you have set up, it is going to take you only a few mouse clicks within the Hepsia Control Panel to accomplish this. Even if you have never had a hosting account before, you'll not face any problems because you will use a very simple and intuitive interface. All DNS records for your domains are going to be listed in a section of the CP with the exact same name, so when you go there, you will see all records which have been set up automatically or manually and you are going to be able to set up a new one by simply clicking on the corresponding button. A compact pop-up will appear, so with a few clicks you can select the type of record that you need and for which Internet domain or subdomain it's going to be created. Then, just paste the IPv6 address inside a text box, save the change and 1 hour later the new AAAA record is going to be completely active. As an optional setting, you can choose the time this record is going to be functioning after you edit it or erase it in the future. That's the so-called TTL, or Time To Live value of the record, which you can change from the standard 3600 seconds if the other company requires it.