AAAA is a domain name record, that's in essence the IPv6 address of the server in which the domain name is hosted. The IPv6 system was designed to replace the present IPv4 system in which every IP is comprised of four groups of decimal numbers ranging from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. In comparison, an IPv6 address has eight groups of four hexadecimal numbers - from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason behind this transformation is the tremendously smaller selection of unique IPs the current system supports and also the speedy increase of devices that are connected to the Internet. A good example of an IPv6 address would be 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you want to forward a domain name to a machine which uses such an address, you will have to set up an AAAA record for it, and not the commonly used A record, that is an IPv4 address. The two records provide the very same function, but different notations are used, to separate the two forms of addresses.
AAAA Records in Shared Website Hosting
In order to use a domain or a subdomain you have inside a shared website hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you have to set up an AAAA record for that, it will not take you more than only a few clicks to do that through our highly effective, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia CP. After you navigate to the DNS Records section and then click the Create a New Record button, a small pop-up will appear. This is the spot where you could create any DNS record, so you simply have to pick the needed domain address or subdomain and the type of record through drop-down options menu and enter the IPv6 address, that’s the actual record. If you happen to have zero experience with such matters, you won't have any difficulties as Hepsia is very user-friendly and your new AAAA record will propagate within the hour, so that you can start using your domain/subdomain with the other service provider. If they demand it, you're also going to be able to modify the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, defining how long it's going to stay active in the global DNS system after you change it or remove it.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Creating a new AAAA record for a domain address or a subdomain hosted within a semi-dedicated server from our company features only a couple of really easy steps, which you'll be able to find inside the Help section of your Hepsia hosting CP as well. You will need to pick the hostname for which the new record will be created from a drop-down menu in which you will find all your domain names and subdomains. Setting up the new AAAA record is as simple as picking out the one that you need and entering the IPv6 address for it. This is accomplished with no more than several mouse clicks, so you can quickly point any hostname to a different company by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they supply. It takes just a few seconds for the new record to be functioning and just around an hour for it to propagate globally, so you will be done in no time. The other company can also request you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, which is different from the standard one - 3600 seconds. This feature reveals how long it will take for any new value which you set for your record to take effect while the old value is still active.