AAAA is a domain name record, that's in essence the IPv6 address of the web server in which the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was designed to replace the present IPv4 system where every IP address is comprised of 4 groups of decimal numbers ranging from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. In contrast, an IPv6 address has eight sets of four hexadecimal digits - which range from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The cause of this transformation is the significantly smaller amount of unique IPs the existing system supports and the quick increase of units that are connected to the Internet. An example of an IPv6 address would be 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you wish to point a domain address to a web server which uses such an address, you will have to set up an AAAA record for it, not the commonly used A record, which is an IPv4 address. Both records have the same exact function, yet different notations are used, to distinguish the two forms of addresses.
AAAA Records in Hosting
In order to use a domain or a subdomain which you have inside a hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you have to create an AAAA record for that, it will not take you more than a few mouse clicks to do this via our highly effective, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia CP. After you navigate to the DNS Records section and click on the Create a New Record button, a small pop-up will appear. This is the area where you could set up any DNS record, so you simply have to choose the needed domain address or subdomain and the type of record via drop-down menus and input the IPv6 address, that’s the actual record. In case you have zero experience with such matters, you'll not have any issues as Hepsia is quite intuitive and the new AAAA record will propagate within the hour, so that you can start using your domain/subdomain with the other provider. Provided they demand it, you are also going to be able to modify the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, defining how long it's going to stay active in the global DNS system after you edit it or remove it.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
As our leading-edge cloud hosting platform supports AAAA records, you will be able to create one with no trouble for every domain address or subdomain that you host within a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record will propagate within the hour, so that you could start using the services of any other service provider you point the domain/subdomain to right away. You are able to create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel in which you will also find all the other records that were created automatically or you have created manually previously. The creation of the new AAAA record is as simple as choosing the needed domain or subdomain and the AAAA type via simple drop-down menus, inputting the IPv6 address in a text box and saving the modification. You are going to be able to modify the record at any time if needed. In case the other service provider demands a certain TTL value for the new record, you'll be able to edit this setting too. The Time To Live option defines how long an existing record will continue functioning after you modify it or remove it and the time is in seconds.