AAAA is a domain name record, that is essentially the IPv6 address of the web server where the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was designed to replace the existing IPv4 system in which each and every IP is made up of 4 sets of decimal numbers between 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. However, an IPv6 address has 8 groups of 4 hexadecimal numbers - from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason behind this transformation is the considerably smaller selection of unique IPs which the existing 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 want to forward a domain to a machine which uses this sort of an address, you need to set up an AAAA record for it, and 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 distinguish the two sorts of addresses.

AAAA Records in Hosting

If you need to create a new AAAA record a domain or subdomain hosted in your hosting account, it will not take you more than a few simple steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia CP is very intuitive to use and is going to enable you to create or change any record with ease. After you sign in and navigate to the DNS Records section, where you can find all present records for your domains and subdomains, you'll only have to click on the "New" button, select AAAA from a small drop-down options menu inside the pop-up that'll appear, type or paste the needed IPv6 address and save the change - it's as easy as that. The new record is going to be fully functioning within only 1 hour and the hostname you have created it for shall start opening whatever content you have with the other company. If needed, you are also going to be able to change the TTL (Time To Live) value, which signifies the time in seconds which the new record will be working after you eventually modify it to something different or you simply delete it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Setting up a new AAAA record for a domain address or a subdomain hosted within a semi-dedicated server from our company involves only a few really easy steps, that you will be able to find within the Help section of your Hepsia hosting CP as well. You'll have to pick the hostname for which the new record is going to be created from a drop-down menu where you will find your domain addresses and subdomains. Setting up the new AAAA record is as simple as choosing the one that you need and entering the IPv6 address for it. This is accomplished with no more than a few clicks, so you can very easily forward any hostname to a different service provider by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they supply. It will take seconds for the new record to be live and just about an hour for it to propagate world-wide, 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, that is different from the default one - 3600 seconds. This feature outlines how long it will take for any new value which you set for your record to take effect while the old value is still active.