AAAA is a domain name record, which is in essence the IPv6 address of the server in which the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was introduced to replace the current IPv4 system in which every single IP address is made up of four groups of decimal digits between 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. However, an IPv6 address includes 8 sets of four hexadecimal digits - from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason for this transformation is the significantly smaller amount of unique IPs the existing system supports and the fast 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'd like to direct a domain to a web server which uses such an address, you'll have to set up an AAAA record for it, not the widespread A record, that is an IPv4 address. The 2 records deliver the same exact function, but different notations are used, so as to identify the two forms of addresses.
AAAA Records in Hosting
If you need to set up a new AAAA record for any domain address or subdomain hosted within your hosting account, it is not going to take you more than several basic steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel is quite intuitive to use and it will enable you to set up or modify every single record effortlessly. When you log in and navigate to the DNS Records section, where you'll discover all current records for your domain addresses and subdomains, you will simply have to click the "New" button, select AAAA from a small drop-down options menu in the pop-up that'll appear, type or paste the required IPv6 address and save the modification - it's as simple as that. The new record shall be fully functioning within only an hour and the hostname that you have created it for is going to 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 shows the time in seconds the new record will be working after you eventually modify it to something different or you simply delete it.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
As our innovative cloud hosting platform supports AAAA records, you are going to be able to create one with no trouble for every internet domain or subdomain which you host in a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record is going to propagate within the hour, so that you can start using the services of any other service provider you forward the domain/subdomain to right away. You can create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia hosting CP where you will also find all the other records that were set up automatically or you have set up manually before. The creation of the new AAAA record is as easy as picking out the needed Internet domain or subdomain and the AAAA type from simple drop-down menus, typing the IPv6 address in a text box and saving the modification. You will be able to edit the record at any time if required. In case the other company needs a specific TTL value for the new record, you'll be able to edit this setting also. The Time To Live option specifies how long an existing record will keep operating after you change it or remove it and the time is in seconds.