AAAA is a domain record, that's in essence the IPv6 address of the server where the domain name is hosted. The IPv6 system was intended to replace the present IPv4 system where each Internet protocol address comprises of four groups of decimal digits ranging from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. In comparison, an IPv6 address features 8 groups of 4 hexadecimal digits - which range from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The main reason for this transformation is the considerably smaller selection of unique IPs that the present system supports as well as the quick increase of units 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 need to forward a domain address to a server that uses this kind of an address, you will need to set up an AAAA record for it, not the widespread A record, which is an IPv4 address. The two records provide the very same function, yet different notations are used, so as to separate the two types of addresses.

AAAA Records in Web Hosting

If you'd like to create a new AAAA record a domain address or subdomain hosted in your web hosting account, it is not going to take you more than a couple of simple steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia CP is extremely intuitive to use and is going to permit you to create or modify every record effortlessly. When you sign in and go to the DNS Records section, in which you'll discover all current records for your domain addresses and subdomains, you will just have to click the "New" button, pick AAAA from a small drop-down options menu within the pop-up that'll appear, input or paste the required IPv6 address and save the change - it is as basic as that. The new record shall be fully functioning within a maximum of an hour and the hostname you have created it for will start opening whatever content you have with the other company. If required, you will also be able to change the TTL (Time To Live) value, which shows the time in seconds which 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

As our innovative cloud hosting platform supports AAAA records, you're going to be able to create one with no trouble for every domain or subdomain which 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 company you forward the domain/subdomain to in no time. You could create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia hosting CP in which you will also find all other records that were created automatically or you have set up manually previously. The creation of the new AAAA record is as easy as choosing the needed domain or subdomain and the AAAA type via simple drop-down menus, typing the IPv6 address in a text box and saving the change. You'll be able to edit the record at any time if required. If the other provider requires a certain TTL value for the new record, you'll be able to modify this setting as well. The Time To Live option outlines how long an existing record will continue working after you edit it or erase it and the time is in seconds.