AAAA is a domain address record, which is in essence the IPv6 address of the web server where the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was introduced to replace the current IPv4 system where each and every IP address consists of four groups of decimal digits which range from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. However, an IPv6 address includes 8 groups of four hexadecimal numbers - which range from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The cause of this modification is the significantly smaller amount of unique IPs which the current system supports and also the speedy increase of devices that are connected to the Internet. An example of an IPv6 address would be 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you wish to forward a domain name to a machine that uses such an address, you will have to create an AAAA record for it, not the commonly used A record, that is an IPv4 address. Both records deliver the same exact function, yet different notations are used, so as to separate the two sorts of addresses.
AAAA Records in Shared Web Hosting
If you are using a service with a third-party company and you've got to set up an AAAA record to direct a domain or a subdomain to their system, you are going to be able to do that with only a few mouse clicks via the Hepsia Control Panel, provided with all our shared web hosting packages. As soon as you sign in, you need to go to the DNS Records section where you are going to find all the records for any domain name or subdomain hosted inside the account. Creating a new record is as basic as clicking on a button, picking out the type from a drop-down options menu, that is to be AAAA in this case, and then inserting the value, or the actual IPv6 address, inside a text box. As an extra option you are able to edit the TTL value (Time To Live), which specifies how long the record will be live after you change it or remove it in the future. The new AAAA record will be active in just an hour and will propagate globally an hour or two later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start redirecting to the new hosting server.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Setting up a new AAAA record for a domain name or a subdomain hosted in a semi-dedicated server from our company involves only a few simple steps, which you'll be able to find within the Help section of your Hepsia hosting CP as well. You will have to pick the hostname for which the new record is going to be created from a drop-down menu where you will find all of your domains and subdomains. Setting up the new AAAA record is as basic as selecting the one that you need and entering the IPv6 address for it. This is achieved with no more than a couple of mouse clicks, so you can very easily direct any hostname to a different company by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they provide. It takes just a few seconds for the new record to be working and only about an hour for it to propagate world-wide, so you'll be done in no time. The other company could also ask 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 that you set for your record to take effect as the old value is still active.