AAAA is a domain name record, that is essentially the IPv6 address of the web server in which the domain name is hosted. The IPv6 system was intended to replace the present IPv4 system in which every single IP is made up of four sets of decimal digits which range from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. On the other hand, an IPv6 address has 8 sets of 4 hexadecimal digits - from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason behind this modification is the substantially smaller range of unique IPs which the current system supports and also the rapid 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 want to direct a domain name to a machine which uses this sort of an address, you need to set up an AAAA record for it, and not the widespread A record, which is an IPv4 address. The 2 records deliver the exact same function, yet different notations are used, to differentiate the two forms of addresses.

AAAA Records in Hosting

The highly developed Hepsia web hosting Control Panel, provided with our hosting, will enable you to create a new AAAA record with ease. Once you are within the account and you visit the DNS Records section, you will discover all records that you have for any hosted domain address or a subdomain under it. All it takes to set up the AAAA record is to click the New Record button, to pick the domain/subdomain in question, select AAAA and then just input or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We have a step-by-step guide in case you have never created records for your domain addresses, but it's unlikely that you'll need it as Hepsia is much easier to make use of than compared with other Control Panels available. Within an hour your new record shall be working and your domain address will start resolving to the servers of the other service provider. Additionally, there is an option to edit the TTL value, which shows how long this record will be working if you modify it, from the standard 3600 seconds to any value which the other company may require.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

If you have a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you ought to create an AAAA record for a domain you have hosted in it or a subdomain you've created, it will take you only a few mouse clicks in the Hepsia CP to achieve that. Even if you have never had a website hosting account before, you'll not face any troubles since you will use a very simple and easy-to-use interface. All DNS records for your domain addresses will be listed in a section of the Control Panel with the exact same name, so once you go there, you will notice all records that have been set up automatically or manually and you are going to be able to create a new one by clicking on the corresponding button. A little pop-up shall appear, so with just a couple of mouse clicks you can choose the type of record that you need and for which domain or subdomain it's going to be created. Next, simply paste the IPv6 address in a text box, save the change and an hour later the new AAAA record is going to be 100% active. As an optional setting, you may choose the time this record will be working after you modify it or delete it in the future. This is actually the so-called TTL, or Time To Live value of the record, which you can change from the standard 3600 seconds in case the other company requires it.