AAAA is a domain record, which is 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 each and every IP comprises of 4 sets of decimal numbers between 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. However, an IPv6 address has 8 sets of 4 hexadecimal numbers - ranging from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason behind this change is the significantly smaller amount of unique IPs that the present system supports as well as the rapid increase of devices that are connected to the world wide web. An example of an IPv6 address is 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you wish to forward a domain address to a machine that uses this sort of an address, you have to set up an AAAA record for it, not the widespread A record, which is an IPv4 address. Both records provide the exact same function, but different notations are used, so as to identify the two types of addresses.

AAAA Records in Shared Web Hosting

If you would like to set up a new AAAA record a domain address or subdomain hosted within your shared web hosting account, it is not going to take you more than a couple of basic steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel is rather intuitive to use and it will allow you to create or modify every record with ease. As soon as you log in and navigate to the DNS Records section, where you can find all existing records for your domain names and subdomains, you'll just have to click the "New" button, choose AAAA from a small drop-down options menu inside the pop-up which will show up, type or paste the required IPv6 address and save the modification - it's as basic as that. The new record will be fully functioning within only one hour and the hostname that you have created it for will start opening whatever content you have with the other company. If necessary, you will also be able to edit the TTL (Time To Live) value, which signifies the time in seconds which the new record will be working after you eventually edit it to something different or you simply erase it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

In case you have a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you have to create an AAAA record for a domain you have hosted in it or a subdomain you've set up, it'll take you just a few clicks inside the Hepsia CP to accomplish this. Even when you have never had a hosting account before, you will not face any troubles since you will use a very simple and intuitive interface. All of the DNS records for your domains are going to be listed in a section of the CP with the same name, so when you go there, you will notice all records which have been created automatically or manually and you will be able to create a new one by simply clicking on the corresponding button. A little pop-up shall appear, so with only a couple of mouse clicks you can select the type of record you require and for which domain or subdomain it's going to be created. Then, just paste the IPv6 address within a text box, save the change and one hour later the new AAAA record is going to be 100% live. As an optional setting, you can pick the time this record is going to be operating after you edit it or erase it in the future. That's the so-called TTL, or Time To Live value of the record, which you can modify from the standard 3600 seconds when the other company demands it.