AAAA is a domain name record, which is in essence the IPv6 address of the web server in which the domain name is hosted. The IPv6 system was intended to replace the current IPv4 system in which each Internet protocol address is comprised of 4 groups of decimal digits which range from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. In comparison, an IPv6 address has 8 groups of 4 hexadecimal digits - which range from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The cause of this change is the significantly smaller amount of unique IPs that the existing system supports as well as the rapid increase of units that are connected to the Internet. An example of an IPv6 address would be 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you want to forward a domain to a server which uses this kind of an address, you'll have to set up an AAAA record for it, not the commonly used A record, that is an IPv4 address. The two records provide the same exact function, yet different notations are used, in order to identify the two forms of addresses.

AAAA Records in Shared Website Hosting

If you'd like to set up a new AAAA record a domain or subdomain hosted inside your shared website hosting account, it won't take you more than a couple of basic steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel is very intuitive to use and it'll enable you to set up or modify every single record effortlessly. Once you log in and navigate to the DNS Records section, where you'll discover all current records for your domains and subdomains, you will only have to click on the "New" button, pick out AAAA from a small drop-down options menu in the pop-up that will appear, input or paste the necessary IPv6 address and save the modification - it is as simple as that. The new record is going to be 100% functioning within only 1 hour and the hostname you have created it for is going to start opening whatever content you have with the other provider. If necessary, you'll also be able to modify the TTL (Time To Live) value, which shows the time in seconds that the new record will be functioning after you eventually change it to something different or you simply erase it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Setting up a new AAAA record is quite easy using our user-friendly Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so if you host a domain inside a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you require such a record either for it or for a subdomain that you've set up under it, you'll 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 a couple of clicks. All it takes to do that is to pick the domain/subdomain you want to edit, pick AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and type the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address the other provider has given you. Within an hour after you save the modification, the newly created record will propagate world-wide and your domain name will start forwarding to the third-party web server. If they need it, you may also change the TTL value, which indicates the time this record shall be working with its current value before a new one takes over if you make any changes in the future.