AAAA is a domain record, that is essentially the IPv6 address of the server where the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was designed to replace the current IPv4 system where every IP consists of four groups of decimal numbers ranging from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. In comparison, an IPv6 address has eight sets of four hexadecimal numbers - which range from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason behind this transformation is the substantially smaller number of unique IPs that the existing system supports and also the fast increase of devices 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'd like to point a domain address to a web server that uses this kind of an address, you will have to create an AAAA record for it, not the widespread A record, that is an IPv4 address. The 2 records have the very same function, but different notations are used, in order to differentiate the two types of addresses.
AAAA Records in Shared Hosting
The advanced Hepsia hosting CP, bundled with our shared hosting, allows you to set up a new AAAA record easily. When you're in the account and you visit the DNS Records section, you'll find all records that you have for any hosted domain or a subdomain under it. All it takes to create the AAAA record is to click the New Record button, to pick the domain/subdomain in question, choose AAAA after which just enter or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We have a step-by-step guide if you have never created records for your domains, but it's extremely unlikely that you will need it as Hepsia is much easier to use than compared with other Control Panels on the market. Within an hour your new record will be working and your domain shall start resolving to the servers of the other company. In addition, there’s an option to change the TTL value, which shows how long this record will be working if you modify it, from the default 3600 seconds to any value the other service provider may require.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
As our cutting-edge cloud hosting platform supports AAAA records, you'll be able to create one with no trouble for every domain or subdomain you host within a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record will propagate within the hour, so that you can start using the services of any other provider you point the domain/subdomain to in no time. You can create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel in which you will also find all other records that were set up automatically or you have set up manually in the past. The creation of the new AAAA record is as simple as selecting the needed Internet domain or subdomain and the AAAA type from simple drop-down menus, entering the IPv6 address within a text box and saving the modification. You are going to be able to change the record anytime if necessary. If the other company needs a certain TTL value for the new record, you'll be able to change this setting also. The Time To Live option specifies how long an existing record will keep working after you edit it or erase it and the time is in seconds.