AAAA is a domain address record, which is essentially the IPv6 address of the server where the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was introduced to replace the current IPv4 system in which each IP address is comprised of four groups of decimal numbers ranging from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. In contrast, an IPv6 address features eight groups of 4 hexadecimal numbers - ranging from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason behind this change is the significantly smaller range of unique IPs the present system supports and the fast increase of units which are connected to the world wide web. An illustration of an IPv6 address is 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you wish to forward a domain to a web server that uses this kind of an address, you will have to set up an AAAA record for it, and not the widely used A record, that is an IPv4 address. The 2 records provide the same exact function, but different notations are used, so as to separate the two forms of addresses.

AAAA Records in Shared Hosting

The advanced Hepsia hosting Control Panel, which comes with our shared hosting, allows you to create a new AAAA record without difficulty. When you're inside the account and you navigate to the DNS Records section, you will find all records you have for any hosted domain or a subdomain under it. All it takes to create the AAAA record is to click on the New Record button, to choose 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 domain addresses, but it is extremely unlikely that you will need it as Hepsia is much easier to employ than other Control Panels available. Within an hour your new record will be live and your domain will start resolving to the servers of the other service provider. There's also an option to change the TTL value, which outlines how long this record will be functioning if you modify it, from the standard 3600 seconds to any value the other company may require.