AAAA is a domain address record, which is essentially the IPv6 address of the web server where the domain name is hosted. The IPv6 system was intended to replace the present IPv4 system in which each IP consists of 4 sets of decimal digits between 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. However, an IPv6 address features eight groups of four hexadecimal digits - ranging from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The cause of this change is the substantially smaller range of unique IPs which the current system supports and the quick increase of devices that are connected to the Internet. A good example of an IPv6 address is 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you'd like to forward a domain address to a machine which uses this sort of an address, you will have to create an AAAA record for it, not the widely used A record, that is an IPv4 address. The two records deliver the exact same function, yet different notations are used, to differentiate the two types of addresses.
AAAA Records in Cloud Website Hosting
If you want to create a new AAAA record a domain name or subdomain hosted inside your cloud website hosting account, it won't take you more than a couple of basic steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel is very intuitive to use and it will permit you to create or change every single record without difficulty. After you log in and visit the DNS Records section, where you can find all current records for your domain addresses and subdomains, you will just have to click the "New" button, pick AAAA from a small drop-down menu in the pop-up which will appear, input or paste the required IPv6 address and save the change - it's as basic as that. The new record shall be fully functioning within no more than 1 hour and the hostname you have created it for shall start opening whatever content you have with the other company. If necessary, you'll also be able to change the TTL (Time To Live) value, which signifies the time in seconds which the new record will be functioning after you eventually edit it to something different or you simply remove it.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
As our state-of-the-art cloud hosting platform supports AAAA records, you're going to be able to create one effortlessly for every domain or subdomain you host within a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record is going to propagate within the hour, so you can start using the services of any other provider you forward the domain/subdomain to in no time. You can create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia hosting CP in which you will also find all other records that were set up automatically or you have set up manually before. The creation of the new AAAA record is as simple as selecting the needed Internet domain or subdomain and the AAAA type from simple drop-down menus, inputting the IPv6 address in a text box and saving the modification. You will be able to change the record anytime if needed. If the other service provider demands a certain TTL value for the new record, you will be able to modify this setting as well. The Time To Live option defines how long an existing record will continue working after you edit it or remove it and the time is in seconds.