AAAA is a domain name record, that's essentially 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 is made up of four sets of decimal numbers ranging from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. In comparison, an IPv6 address includes 8 groups of 4 hexadecimal digits - from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The main reason for this change is the significantly smaller number of unique IPs which the present system supports and the speedy increase of products that are connected to the world wide web. An example of an IPv6 address is 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 need to create an AAAA record for it, and not the commonly used A record, which is an IPv4 address. The two records deliver the very same function, but different notations are used, in order to distinguish the two forms of addresses.

AAAA Records in Website Hosting

If you are using a service through a third-party provider and you've got to set up an AAAA record to point a domain address or a subdomain to their system, you're going to be able to do that with only a few mouse clicks via the Hepsia CP, supplied with our website hosting solutions. As soon as you log in, you need to navigate to the DNS Records section in which you are going to find all of the records for every domain or subdomain hosted in the account. Creating a new record is as easy as clicking on a button, selecting the type from a drop-down options menu, that is to be AAAA in this case, and then entering the value, or the actual IPv6 address, inside a text box. As an extra option you can edit the TTL value (Time To Live), that outlines how long the record will be functioning after you change it or delete it in the future. The new AAAA record is going to be active in no more than an hour and will propagate worldwide two or three hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start redirecting to the new web server.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Creating a new AAAA record for a domain address or a subdomain hosted in a semi-dedicated server from our company features only a couple of simple steps, that you will be able to find inside the Help section of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel as well. You will have to choose the hostname for which the new record will be created from a drop-down menu where you will find your domains and subdomains. Creating the new AAAA record is as basic as choosing the one that you need and entering the IPv6 address for it. This is accomplished with no more than several clicks, so you can quickly point any hostname to a different service provider by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they offer. It will take seconds for the new record to be functioning and only about an hour for it to propagate globally, so you will be done in no time. The other company may also require you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, which is different from the default one - 3600 seconds. This feature shows how long it will take for any new value which you set for your record to take effect as the old value is still active.