AAAA is a domain address record, that's in essence the IPv6 address of the web server in which the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was introduced to replace the current IPv4 system in which each and every IP address comprises of 4 groups of decimal digits between 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. On the other hand, an IPv6 address includes 8 groups of 4 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 as well as the fast increase of gadgets that are connected to the world wide web. A good example of an IPv6 address is 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you wish to direct a domain address to a web server which uses this sort of an address, you will need to create an AAAA record for it, and not the commonly used A record, which is an IPv4 address. The two records have the exact same function, yet different notations are used, in order to identify the two types of addresses.
AAAA Records in Shared Website Hosting
The state-of-the-art Hepsia hosting Control Panel, bundled with our shared website hosting, will allow you to create a new AAAA record effortlessly. Once you are inside the account and you go to the DNS Records section, you'll find all records you have for any hosted domain or a subdomain under it. All it takes to create the AAAA record is to click the New Record button, to select the domain/subdomain in question, choose AAAA then only input or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We also have a step-by-step guide if you have never created records for your domain addresses, but it's not likely that you'll need it as Hepsia is much easier to employ than other Control Panels available. Within an hour your new record is going to be functioning and your domain name shall start resolving to the servers of the other provider. Additionally, there is an option to change the TTL value, which outlines how long this record is going to be active if you edit it, from the standard 3600 seconds to any value which the other service provider may require.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
As our innovative cloud web hosting platform supports AAAA records, you are going to be able to create one with ease for any domain address or subdomain which 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 provider you forward the domain/subdomain to right away. You could create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel where 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 picking the needed domain name or subdomain and the AAAA type via simple drop-down menus, inputting the IPv6 address inside a text box and saving the change. You're going to be able to change the record anytime if required. If the other provider requires a particular TTL value for the new record, you'll be able to modify this setting too. The Time To Live option determines how long an existing record will keep working after you modify it or remove it and the time is in seconds.