AAAA is a domain name record, that's in essence the IPv6 address of the web server where the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was designed to replace the present IPv4 system in which every IP address comprises of four sets of decimal numbers which range from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. In comparison, an IPv6 address includes eight groups of 4 hexadecimal digits - ranging from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The main reason for this change is the substantially smaller range of unique IPs the present system supports and also the quick increase of products which are connected to the world wide web. An example of an IPv6 address is 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you'd like to forward a domain address to a web server that uses this kind of an address, you will have to create an AAAA record for it, not the commonly used A record, that is an IPv4 address. The 2 records provide the exact same function, but different notations are used, to differentiate the two sorts of addresses.

AAAA Records in Hosting

The highly developed Hepsia web hosting Control Panel, included with our hosting, will permit you to set up a new AAAA record easily. When you are within the account and you go to the DNS Records section, you'll find all records that you have for any hosted domain name or a subdomain under it. All it takes to set up the AAAA record is to click on the New Record button, to select the domain/subdomain in question, select AAAA and then only enter or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We also have a step-by-step guide in case you have never created records for your domains, but it is extremely unlikely that you'll need it as Hepsia is much easier to use compared with other Control Panels on the market. Within an hour your new record shall be working and your domain address shall start resolving to the servers of the other service provider. In addition, there’s an option to change the TTL value, which shows how long this record is going to be active if you change it, from the standard 3600 seconds to any value which the other service provider may require.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

As our state-of-the-art cloud hosting platform supports AAAA records, you'll be able to create one without difficulty for any internet domain or subdomain you host in a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record will propagate within the hour, so you can start using the services of any other service provider you direct the domain/subdomain to right away. You could create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia hosting CP where you will also find all the other records that were created automatically or you have created manually before. The set up of the new AAAA record is as simple as picking the needed domain or subdomain and the AAAA type from simple drop-down menus, entering the IPv6 address inside a text box and saving the change. You're going to be able to modify the record anytime if needed. Assuming the other service provider needs a certain TTL value for the new record, you will be able to modify this setting also. The Time To Live option determines how long an existing record will keep working after you edit it or delete it and the time is in seconds.