AAAA is a domain record, which is essentially the IPv6 address of the server where the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was introduced to replace the existing IPv4 system where every single IP is comprised of 4 groups of decimal digits between 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. In comparison, an IPv6 address has 8 groups of 4 hexadecimal digits - from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason for this change is the tremendously smaller number of unique IPs that the current system supports as well as the quick increase of units 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 wish to point a domain name to a web server which uses this sort of an address, you will need to set up an AAAA record for it, and not the widespread A record, that is an IPv4 address. The two records deliver the same exact function, but different notations are used, to identify the two sorts of addresses.

AAAA Records in Shared Hosting

The advanced Hepsia web hosting Control Panel, which comes with our shared hosting, allows you to create a new AAAA record without difficulty. Once you are within the account and you go to the DNS Records section, you will discover all records that you have for every 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 choose the domain/subdomain in question, choose AAAA then just enter or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We also have a step-by-step guide if you've never created records for your domains, but it's extremely unlikely that you will need it as Hepsia is much simpler to use compared with other Control Panels available on the market. Within an hour your new record shall be functioning and your domain name shall start resolving to the servers of the other provider. There's also an option to modify the TTL value, which shows how long this record is going to be functioning if you change it, from the standard 3600 seconds to any value which the other service provider may require.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Setting up a new AAAA record for a domain name or a subdomain hosted within a semi-dedicated server from our company features only a couple of simple steps, that you will be able to find in the Help section of your Hepsia website hosting CP as well. You will have to choose the hostname for which the new record is going to be created from a drop-down menu in which you will find all of your domain addresses and subdomains. Creating the new AAAA record is as basic as picking out the one that you need and typing in the IPv6 address for it. This is achieved with no more than a couple of clicks, so you can easily direct any hostname to a different service provider by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they provide. It's going to take seconds for the new record to be working and only around an hour for it to propagate globally, so you will be done in no time. The other company can also require you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, that's different from the default one - 3600 seconds. This feature reveals how long it will take for any new value you set for your record to take effect as the old value is still active.