AAAA is a domain name record, that's in essence the IPv6 address of the web server where the domain name is hosted. The IPv6 system was designed to replace the present IPv4 system where every Internet protocol address consists of 4 groups of decimal numbers ranging from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. In comparison, an IPv6 address includes 8 sets of 4 hexadecimal digits - which range from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The main reason for this change is the significantly smaller selection of unique IPs which the existing system supports and the rapid increase of products which are connected to the Internet. An illustration of an IPv6 address is 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you want to direct a domain name to a machine that uses this sort of an address, you will need to create an AAAA record for it, and not the widespread A record, that is an IPv4 address. Both records have the exact same function, yet different notations are used, in order to differentiate the two sorts of addresses.

AAAA Records in Website Hosting

The advanced Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with our website hosting, will permit you to create a new AAAA record with ease. When you're inside the account and you visit the DNS Records section, you will find all records you have for every hosted domain address or a subdomain under it. All it takes to create the AAAA record is to click the New Record button, to choose the domain/subdomain in question, select AAAA and then simply enter or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We've got a step-by-step guide in case you have never created records for your domains, but it is unlikely that you'll need it as Hepsia is much simpler to work with than other Control Panels available on the market. Within an hour your new record is going to be functioning and your domain will start resolving to the servers of the other provider. In addition, there’s an option to modify the TTL value, which shows how long this record will be working if you edit it, from the default 3600 seconds to any value which the other service provider may require.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

As our innovative cloud web hosting platform supports AAAA records, you are going to be able to create one with ease for any domain name or subdomain which you host inside a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record is going to propagate within the hour, so that you can start using the services of any other provider you forward 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 of the other records that were set up automatically or you have created manually previously. The creation of the new AAAA record is as easy as picking the needed Internet domain or subdomain and the AAAA type from simple drop-down menus, typing the IPv6 address inside a text box and saving the modification. You're going to be able to edit the record at any time if required. In case the other company needs a particular TTL value for the new record, you'll be able to edit this setting as well. The Time To Live option determines how long an existing record will continue functioning after you modify it or delete it and the time is in seconds.