AAAA is a domain record, which is basically the IPv6 address of the server where the domain name is hosted. The IPv6 system was introduced to replace the existing IPv4 system in which each and every Internet protocol address is made up of 4 groups of decimal digits which range from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. In contrast, an IPv6 address has eight groups of four hexadecimal digits - which range from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The main reason for this modification is the tremendously smaller number of unique IPs the current system supports and also the rapid increase of gadgets that are connected to the world wide web. 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 name to a server that 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 2 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 need to create a new AAAA record for any domain or subdomain hosted in your shared website hosting account, it is not going to take you more than a couple of simple steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia CP is extremely intuitive to use and is going to permit you to set up or modify every record effortlessly. As soon as you log in and visit the DNS Records section, in which you'll discover all existing records for your domains and subdomains, you'll only have to click the "New" button, pick out AAAA from a small drop-down options menu in the pop-up that'll appear, type or paste the needed IPv6 address and save the modification - it's as simple as that. The new record is going to be fully active within only an hour and the hostname you have created it for shall start opening whatever content you have with the other company. If needed, you are also going to be able to edit the TTL (Time To Live) value, which reveals the time in seconds the new record will be active after you eventually change it to something different or you simply delete it.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Setting up a new AAAA record for a domain name or a subdomain hosted inside a semi-dedicated server from our company includes only a few very simple steps, which you will be able to find in the Help section of your Hepsia website hosting CP as well. You will need to pick the hostname for which the new record is going to be created from a drop-down menu where you will find all your domains and subdomains. Creating the new AAAA record is as easy as selecting the one that you need and inputting the IPv6 address for it. This is done with no more than several mouse clicks, so you can easily direct any hostname to a different 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 live and only about an hour for it to propagate world-wide, so you will be done in no time. The other company can also request you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, that's different from the standard one - 3600 seconds. This feature reveals how long it will take for any new value that you set for your record to take effect as the old value is still active.