AAAA is a domain address record, that is basically the IPv6 address of the web server in which the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was intended to replace the current IPv4 system in which each and every IP address is made up of four groups of decimal digits which range from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. In comparison, an IPv6 address features eight sets of 4 hexadecimal numbers - which range from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The cause of this transformation is the significantly smaller number of unique IPs the existing system supports and also the fast increase of products which are connected to the world wide web. An example of an IPv6 address would be 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you'd like to direct a domain address to a machine that uses such an address, you will have to set up an AAAA record for it, and not the widely used A record, which is an IPv4 address. The two records have the very same function, yet different notations are used, so as to distinguish the two forms of addresses.

AAAA Records in Web Hosting

If you'd like to create a new AAAA record for any domain or subdomain hosted within your web hosting account, it won't take you more than a couple of easy steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia CP is rather intuitive to use and is going to allow you to set up or modify any record easily. After you log in and visit the DNS Records section, where you'll discover all existing records for your domains and subdomains, you'll just have to click on the "New" button, pick AAAA from a small drop-down menu inside the pop-up which will appear, input or paste the required IPv6 address and save the change - it is as easy as that. The new record shall be 100% working 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. If needed, you'll also be able to modify the TTL (Time To Live) value, which signifies the time in seconds that the new record will be active after you eventually edit it to something different or you simply remove it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Setting up a new AAAA record for a domain name or a subdomain hosted in a semi-dedicated server from our company features a few simple steps, that you will be able to find within the Help section of your Hepsia web 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. Creating the new AAAA record is as basic as selecting 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 very easily direct any hostname to a different provider by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they provide. It takes mere seconds for the new record to be live and just about an hour for it to propagate around the globe, so you will be done in no time. The other provider may also require 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 that you set for your record to take effect while the old value is still active.