AAAA is a domain name record, which is basically the IPv6 address of the server in which the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was intended to replace the present IPv4 system in which every IP address consists of four sets of decimal digits ranging from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. However, an IPv6 address has eight sets of four hexadecimal digits - from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The main reason for this modification is the significantly smaller range of unique IPs which the current system supports and the speedy increase of gadgets which are connected to the world wide web. An example of an IPv6 address is 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you'd like to direct a domain to a web server which uses this sort of an address, you need to set up an AAAA record for it, not the widely used A record, which is an IPv4 address. The 2 records deliver the very same function, yet different notations are used, in order to differentiate the two sorts of addresses.

AAAA Records in Hosting

If you want to create a new AAAA record a domain name or subdomain hosted within your hosting account, it won't take you more than a few easy steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel is extremely intuitive to use and it'll allow you to create or modify every single record without difficulty. As soon as you sign in and visit the DNS Records section, where you'll discover all current records for your domain addresses and subdomains, you'll only have to click on the "New" button, pick out AAAA from a small drop-down menu within the pop-up that will show up, enter or paste the needed IPv6 address and save the modification - it's as easy as that. The new record will be fully active within no more than 1 hour and the hostname which you have created it for is going to start opening whatever content you have with the other provider. If necessary, you'll also be able to edit the TTL (Time To Live) value, which shows the time in seconds the new record will be functioning after you eventually modify it to something different or you simply delete it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Setting up a new AAAA record for a domain address or a subdomain hosted inside a semi-dedicated server from our company features a few very easy steps, which you'll be able to find inside the Help section of your Hepsia website 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 all your domain addresses and subdomains. Creating the new AAAA record is as simple as choosing the one that you need and entering the IPv6 address for it. This is achieved with no more than several 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 offer. It will take seconds for the new record to be working and just about an hour for it to propagate worldwide, so you'll be done in no time. The other service provider could also ask you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, that's different from the default one - 3600 seconds. This feature reveals how long it will take for any new value which you set for your record to take effect as the old value is still active.