AAAA is a domain record, that is essentially the IPv6 address of the server where the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was introduced to replace the current IPv4 system where each and every Internet protocol address comprises of four sets of decimal digits ranging from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. In comparison, an IPv6 address has 8 groups of 4 hexadecimal digits - which range from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The main reason for this modification is the tremendously smaller selection of unique IPs that the current system supports and also the speedy increase of devices which are connected to the world wide web. An example of an IPv6 address is 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you want to forward a domain address to a web server which uses this type of an address, you will need to set up an AAAA record for it, not the widespread A record, that is an IPv4 address. Both records deliver the very same function, but different notations are used, so as to differentiate the two sorts of addresses.

AAAA Records in Shared Hosting

The state-of-the-art Hepsia hosting Control Panel, provided with our shared hosting, will enable you to create a new AAAA record easily. When you're inside the account and you visit the DNS Records section, you will find all records you have for every hosted domain name or a subdomain under it. All it takes to set up the AAAA record is to click on the New Record button, to select the domain/subdomain in question, choose AAAA and then only input or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We've got a step-by-step guide in case you have never created records for your domains, but it's extremely unlikely that you'll need it as Hepsia is much simpler to use than compared with other Control Panels available on the market. Within an hour your new record will be working and your domain address shall start resolving to the servers of the other service provider. There is also an option to modify the TTL value, which determines how long this record is going to be functioning if you change it, from the default 3600 seconds to any value that the other provider may require.