AAAA is a domain name record, that's basically the IPv6 address of the web server in which the domain name is hosted. The IPv6 system was introduced to replace the present IPv4 system in which each IP address is comprised of 4 sets of decimal numbers between 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. On the other hand, an IPv6 address features 8 sets of 4 hexadecimal digits - ranging from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason behind this modification is the tremendously smaller range of unique IPs the present system supports and also the rapid increase of devices that are connected to the world wide web. A good example of an IPv6 address is 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you'd like to forward a domain name to a server which uses this type of an address, you will have to create an AAAA record for it, not the widely used A record, which is an IPv4 address. The 2 records provide the same exact function, yet different notations are used, to separate the two forms of addresses.

AAAA Records in Cloud Website Hosting

The advanced Hepsia web hosting CP, included with our cloud website hosting, allows you to create a new AAAA record with ease. When you're inside the account and you navigate to the DNS Records section, you'll find all records that you have for any hosted domain or a subdomain under it. All it takes to set up the AAAA record is to click on the New Record button, to pick the domain/subdomain in question, pick AAAA then just enter or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We have a step-by-step guide in case you have never created records for your domain addresses, but it is not likely that you will need it as Hepsia is much simpler to make use of than other Control Panels on the market. Within an hour your new record is going to be live and your domain will start resolving to the servers of the other provider. In addition, there’s an option to change the TTL value, which outlines how long this record is going to be working if you update it, from the standard 3600 seconds to any value which the other provider may require.