AAAA is a domain name record, that's in essence the IPv6 address of the server in which the domain name is hosted. The IPv6 system was designed to replace the existing IPv4 system where every IP comprises of 4 sets of decimal digits which range from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. On the other hand, an IPv6 address includes 8 sets of 4 hexadecimal digits - from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason behind this change is the substantially smaller range of unique IPs which the current system supports and the speedy increase of units which are connected to the Internet. An example of an IPv6 address would be 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you need to forward a domain name to a server which uses this sort of an address, you will have to create an AAAA record for it, not the widely used A record, that is an IPv4 address. The 2 records have the exact same function, but different notations are used, in order to distinguish the two sorts of addresses.
AAAA Records in Cloud Website Hosting
The cutting-edge Hepsia web hosting Control Panel, bundled with our cloud website hosting, will enable you to create a new AAAA record with ease. Once you are inside the account and you go to the DNS Records section, you will discover all records you have for any hosted domain or a subdomain under it. All it takes to create the AAAA record is to click on the New Record button, to select the domain/subdomain in question, select AAAA then simply 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 names, but it's less likely that you will need it as Hepsia is much easier to make use of than compared with other Control Panels available. Within an hour your new record shall be working and your domain shall start resolving to the servers of the other service provider. There's also an option to edit the TTL value, which outlines how long this record will be active if you modify it, from the standard 3600 seconds to any value which the other provider may require.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Creating a new AAAA record is very easy with our user-friendly Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so if you host a domain name inside a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you need such a record either for it or for a subdomain that you've set up under it, you are going to be able to create it in a few rather simple steps and without any hassle. Hepsia has a section dedicated to the DNS records of your domain names where you can find all current records or set up new ones with several clicks. All it takes to do that is to choose the domain/subdomain that you would like to modify, select AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and type the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address that the other service provider has given you. Within an hour after you save the change, the newly created record is going to propagate globally and your domain address will start pointing to the third-party hosting server. If they require it, you can also modify the TTL value, which outlines the time this record will be active with its existing value before a new one takes over if you make any modifications in the future.