AAAA is a domain record, which is in essence the IPv6 address of the server in which the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was intended to replace the current IPv4 system in which each IP address comprises of four sets of decimal digits which range from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. However, an IPv6 address features 8 sets of 4 hexadecimal digits - ranging from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason behind this modification is the considerably smaller number of unique IPs that the current system supports and the speedy increase of units that are connected to the Internet. A good example of an IPv6 address is 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you'd like to point a domain address to a web server which uses this kind of an address, you need to set up an AAAA record for it, not the widespread A record, that is an IPv4 address. The 2 records provide the very same function, but different notations are used, to differentiate the two forms of addresses.

AAAA Records in Cloud Website Hosting

If you would like to set up a new AAAA record for any domain name or subdomain hosted inside your cloud website hosting account, it won't take you more than several easy steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel is rather intuitive to use and it'll enable you to set up or modify every single record easily. After you log in and go to the DNS Records section, where you'll discover all present records for your domains and subdomains, you'll only have to click on the "New" button, pick out AAAA from a small drop-down menu inside the pop-up that'll appear, type or paste the required IPv6 address and save the change - it's as basic as that. The new record will be fully functioning within only an hour and the hostname you have created it for shall start opening whatever content you have with the other company. When required, you will also be able to edit the TTL (Time To Live) value, which signifies the time in seconds the new record will be working after you eventually edit it to something different or you simply delete it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Setting up a new AAAA record is very easy with our user-friendly Hepsia hosting CP, so if you host a domain in a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you need such a record either for it or for a subdomain which you have set up under it, you will be able to create it in just a few simple steps and without any hassle. Hepsia has a section devoted to the DNS records of your domains in which you can find all existing records or set up new ones with a couple of clicks. All it takes to accomplish this is to pick the domain/subdomain you want to modify, pick AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and enter the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address the other provider has given you. Within an hour after you save the change, the newly created record is going to propagate worldwide and your domain address will start forwarding to the third-party server. If they demand it, you can also change the TTL value, which reveals the time this record will be working with its current value before a new one takes over if you make any adjustments in the future.