AAAA is a domain address record, which is essentially the IPv6 address of the server in which the domain name is hosted. The IPv6 system was intended to replace the present IPv4 system where every IP address is comprised of four groups of decimal digits between 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. In contrast, an IPv6 address features 8 sets of 4 hexadecimal numbers - which range from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The cause of this change is the substantially smaller number of unique IPs the existing system supports as well as the rapid increase of products which 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 to a server which uses this type of an address, you will need to set up an AAAA record for it, and not the widespread A record, which is an IPv4 address. Both records deliver the same exact function, yet different notations are used, so as to differentiate the two forms of addresses.

AAAA Records in Cloud Website Hosting

If you need to create a new AAAA record a domain or subdomain hosted inside your cloud website hosting account, it is not going to take you more than a few basic steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia CP is rather intuitive to use and it will permit you to create or modify every record without difficulty. Once you log in and visit the DNS Records section, where you'll discover all present records for your domain names and subdomains, you'll only have to click on the "New" button, pick AAAA from a small drop-down menu inside the pop-up which will show up, input or paste the required IPv6 address and save the modification - it is as basic as that. The new record shall be 100% functioning within only one hour and the hostname that you have created it for shall start opening whatever content you have with the other provider. If required, you'll also be able to edit the TTL (Time To Live) value, which shows the time in seconds that the new record will be functioning after you eventually edit it to something different or you simply remove it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Setting up a new AAAA record for a domain address or a subdomain hosted within a semi-dedicated server from our company involves only a couple of very simple steps, which you will be able to find inside the Help section of your Hepsia hosting CP as well. You will have to choose the hostname for which the new record will be created from a drop-down menu in which you will find all of your domain names and subdomains. Creating the new AAAA record is as basic as choosing the one that you need and typing in the IPv6 address for it. This is achieved with no more than several clicks, so you can quickly point any hostname to a different service provider by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they provide. It will take mere seconds for the new record to be live and just about an hour for it to propagate globally, so you will 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 default one - 3600 seconds. This feature reveals how long it will take for any new value which you set for your record to take effect while the old value is still active.