AAAA is a domain name record, that is in essence the IPv6 address of the server in which the domain name is hosted. The IPv6 system was intended to replace the present IPv4 system where every IP address is made up of 4 sets of decimal digits which range from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. On the other hand, an IPv6 address features eight sets of 4 hexadecimal digits - from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The main reason for this change is the significantly smaller amount of unique IPs which the existing system supports as well as the fast increase of gadgets that are connected to the world wide web. An illustration of an IPv6 address is 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you want to forward a domain address to a server that uses this kind of an address, you'll have to create an AAAA record for it, and not the widely used A record, that is an IPv4 address. Both records have the exact same function, but different notations are used, in order to distinguish the two forms of addresses.
AAAA Records in Shared Website Hosting
The highly developed Hepsia website hosting Control Panel, bundled with our shared website hosting, allows you to create a new AAAA record easily. When you're within the account and you navigate to the DNS Records section, you'll find all records that you have for every hosted domain name 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, pick AAAA and then simply type or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We also have a step-by-step guide if you have never created records for your domains, but it is not likely that you'll need it as Hepsia is much simpler to work with than other Control Panels available on the market. Within an hour your new record will be active and your domain address will start resolving to the servers of the other company. In addition, there’s an option to edit the TTL value, which outlines how long this record will be working if you edit it, from the default 3600 seconds to any value the other company may require.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Setting up a new AAAA record is incredibly easy with our user-friendly Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so if you host a domain inside a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you want such a record either for it or for a subdomain that you have set up under it, you're going to be able to create it within a few simple steps and without any hassle. Hepsia includes a section dedicated to the DNS records of your domain names where you can find all existing records or create new ones with several mouse clicks. All it takes to do this is to pick the domain/subdomain you need to modify, choose AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and input the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address which the other service provider has given you. Within an hour after you save the change, the newly created record will propagate globally and your domain address will start directing to the third-party web server. If they need it, you may also change the TTL value, which indicates the time this record is going to be functioning with its current value before a new one takes over if you make any adjustments in the future.