AAAA is a domain address record, that is basically the IPv6 address of the web server in which the domain name is hosted. The IPv6 system was designed to replace the present IPv4 system where each and every IP consists of 4 groups of decimal digits between 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. On the other hand, an IPv6 address has 8 groups of four hexadecimal numbers - which range from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason behind this modification is the significantly smaller selection of unique IPs which the existing system supports and the speedy increase of products that are connected to the Internet. An illustration of an IPv6 address is 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you wish to point a domain address to a machine which uses this kind of an address, you will have to set up an AAAA record for it, and not the widespread A record, which is an IPv4 address. Both records deliver the same exact function, but different notations are used, so as to distinguish the two types of addresses.

AAAA Records in Web Hosting

If you would like to set up a new AAAA record a domain name or subdomain hosted inside your web hosting account, it will not take you more than a few simple steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel is extremely intuitive to use and is going to allow you to set up or edit any record without difficulty. After you sign in and go to the DNS Records section, where you'll discover all current records for your domains and subdomains, you'll only have to click on the "New" button, pick out AAAA from a small drop-down options menu inside the pop-up which will show up, input or paste the required IPv6 address and save the modification - it's as simple as that. The new record will be 100% functioning within no more than one hour and the hostname which you have created it for is going to start opening whatever content you have with the other provider. When required, you are also going to be able to edit the TTL (Time To Live) value, which shows the time in seconds the new record will be live after you eventually edit it to something different or you simply erase it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Setting up a new AAAA record for a domain name or a subdomain hosted inside a semi-dedicated server from our company involves only a few very easy steps, that you will be able to find within the Help section of your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel as well. You'll have to choose the hostname for which the new record is going to be created from a drop-down menu where you will find all your domains and subdomains. Setting up the new AAAA record is as simple as choosing the one that you need and typing in the IPv6 address for it. This is done with no more than a few clicks, so you can easily point any hostname to a different company by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they provide. It will take just a few seconds for the new record to be active and only around an hour for it to propagate worldwide, so you'll be done in no time. The other company could also ask you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, which is different from the standard one - 3600 seconds. This feature outlines 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.