AAAA is a domain record, that is essentially the IPv6 address of the server where the domain name is hosted. The IPv6 system was designed to replace the present IPv4 system where every single IP address comprises of four groups of decimal numbers between 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. However, an IPv6 address features 8 groups of four hexadecimal numbers - which range from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The main reason for this change is the significantly smaller selection of unique IPs the existing system supports and the rapid increase of devices which are connected to the world wide web. An illustration of an IPv6 address is 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you wish to forward a domain name to a server which uses this sort of an address, you will need to create an AAAA record for it, not the widespread A record, that is an IPv4 address. The two records have the very same function, but different notations are used, to differentiate the two types of addresses.

AAAA Records in Shared Website Hosting

If you use a service through a third-party service provider and you've got to set up an AAAA record to forward a domain name or a subdomain to their system, you'll be able to do that with just a couple of mouse clicks through the Hepsia Control Panel, included with all of our shared website hosting packages. After you sign in, you need to navigate to the DNS Records section in which you are going to find all of the records for any domain address or subdomain hosted inside the account. Setting up a new record is as basic as clicking on a button, picking out the type from a drop-down menu, which will be AAAA in this case, and then inserting the value, or the actual IPv6 address, in a text box. As an additional option you can edit the TTL value (Time To Live), which outlines how long the record will be active after you edit it or erase it in the future. The new AAAA record will be live in no more than an hour and will propagate worldwide a couple of hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start redirecting to the new hosting server.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

As our sophisticated cloud hosting platform supports AAAA records, you will be able to create one without difficulty for any domain address or subdomain that you host in a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record will propagate within the hour, so you can start using the services of any other service provider you forward the domain/subdomain to in no time. You could create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel in which you will also find all the other records that were set up automatically or you have created manually previously. The set up of the new AAAA record is as basic as picking the needed domain or subdomain and the AAAA type via simple drop-down menus, entering the IPv6 address in a text box and saving the modification. You will be able to edit the record at any time if required. Assuming the other provider demands a certain TTL value for the new record, you will be able to change this setting too. The Time To Live option outlines how long an existing record will keep operating after you modify it or remove it and the time is in seconds.