AAAA is a domain name record, that is basically the IPv6 address of the server in which the domain name is hosted. The IPv6 system was intended to replace the present IPv4 system in which every single IP is comprised of four groups of decimal digits which range from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. In contrast, an IPv6 address includes eight groups of four hexadecimal numbers - ranging from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason for this change is the significantly smaller amount of unique IPs the existing system supports as well as the speedy increase of devices that 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 want to forward a domain name to a machine that uses this sort of an address, you will have to set up an AAAA record for it, not the widespread A record, that is an IPv4 address. The two records deliver the very same function, but different notations are used, to distinguish the two forms of addresses.

AAAA Records in Website Hosting

In order to use a domain address or a subdomain which you have within a website hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you have to create an AAAA record for that, it will not take you more than a few mouse clicks to do this via our amazing, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel. Once you visit the DNS Records section and click on the Create a New Record button, a small pop-up will appear. This is the spot in which you can set up any DNS record, so you simply have to select the needed domain or subdomain and the type of record via drop-down navigation and type in the IPv6 address, which is the actual record. Just in case you have no experience with such matters, you won't have any issues as Hepsia is quite user-friendly and your new AAAA record will propagate within the hour, to enable you to start using your domain/subdomain with the other service provider. Provided they require it, you'll also be able to edit the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, determining how long it's going to stay active in the global DNS system after you change it or erase it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Setting up a new AAAA record for a domain address or a subdomain hosted in a semi-dedicated server from our company features only a few very easy steps, which you will be able to find within the Help section of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel as well. You will have to choose the hostname for which the new record is going to be created from a drop-down menu in which you will find all your domain addresses and subdomains. Setting up the new AAAA record is as easy as selecting the one that you need and entering the IPv6 address for it. This is achieved with no more than several 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 offer. It takes mere seconds for the new record to be working and just around an hour for it to propagate world-wide, so you will be done in no time. The other provider can also require you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, that's different from the standard one - 3600 seconds. This feature shows 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.