AAAA is a domain address record, that is essentially the IPv6 address of the web server where the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was designed to replace the present IPv4 system where each IP address consists of 4 groups of decimal numbers between 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. In contrast, an IPv6 address features eight sets of 4 hexadecimal digits - from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason for this change is the tremendously smaller number of unique IPs the existing system supports and also the quick increase of products that are connected to the world wide web. A good example of an IPv6 address would be 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you wish to forward a domain to a server which uses such an address, you will need to create an AAAA record for it, not the widespread A record, which is an IPv4 address. The two records have the very same function, yet different notations are used, so as to identify the two types of addresses.

AAAA Records in Website Hosting

If you use a service with a third-party provider and you have to create an AAAA record to point a domain address or a subdomain to their system, you will be able to do that with a few clicks through the Hepsia CP, supplied with all our website hosting solutions. After you sign in, you have to go to the DNS Records section where you are going to find all records for every domain name or subdomain hosted within the account. Setting up a new record is as basic as clicking on a button, selecting the type from a drop-down options menu, that will be AAAA in this case, and then inserting the value, or the actual IPv6 address, in a text box. As an added option you can edit the TTL value (Time To Live), that determines how long the record will be live after you modify it or erase it in the future. The new AAAA record will be live in only an hour and will propagate globally a few hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start pointing to the new web server.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Creating a new AAAA record for a domain address or a subdomain hosted within a semi-dedicated server from our company includes a few really easy steps, which you will be able to find within the Help section of your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel as well. You will need to choose the hostname for which the new record will 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 typing in the IPv6 address for it. This is achieved with no more than a couple of mouse clicks, so you can quickly direct 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 functioning and only around an hour for it to propagate worldwide, so you will be done in no time. The other service provider could also require you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, which is different from the standard one - 3600 seconds. This feature determines how long it will take for any new value that you set for your record to take effect while the old value is still active.