AAAA is a domain record, which is essentially the IPv6 address of the web server where the domain name is hosted. The IPv6 system was intended to replace the present IPv4 system where each and every Internet protocol address is made up of 4 sets of decimal digits between 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. On the other hand, an IPv6 address features eight sets of four hexadecimal digits - ranging from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The main reason for this transformation is the substantially smaller amount of unique IPs that the current system supports as well as the fast increase of gadgets which are connected to the world wide web. A good example of an IPv6 address would be 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you wish to forward a domain name to a web server which uses this kind of an address, you will have to set up an AAAA record for it, and not the commonly used A record, which is an IPv4 address. The 2 records provide the same exact function, yet different notations are used, to distinguish the two sorts of addresses.

AAAA Records in Website Hosting

The highly developed Hepsia website hosting Control Panel, bundled with our website hosting, will enable you to create a new AAAA record without difficulty. When you are within the account and you visit the DNS Records section, you'll find all records you have for any hosted domain or a subdomain under it. All it takes to create the AAAA record is to click the New Record button, to pick the domain/subdomain in question, select AAAA after which just enter or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We also have a step-by-step guide if you have never created records for your domain addresses, but it's unlikely that you'll need it as Hepsia is much easier to use compared with other Control Panels available on the market. Within an hour your new record will be working and your domain address shall start resolving to the servers of the other service provider. There's also an option to change the TTL value, which determines how long this record will be working if you change it, from the default 3600 seconds to any value which the other company may require.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Creating a new AAAA record for a domain address or a subdomain hosted within a semi-dedicated server from our company features only a couple of very easy steps, which you will be able to find within the Help section of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel as well. You will need 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 names and subdomains. Creating the new AAAA record is as easy as choosing the one that you need and inputting the IPv6 address for it. This is done with no more than several clicks, so you can effortlessly forward any hostname to a different provider by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they provide. It's going to take just a few seconds for the new record to be working and just around an hour for it to propagate around the globe, so you will be done in no time. The other service provider may also ask you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, that is different from the standard one - 3600 seconds. This feature reveals 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.