AAAA is a domain record, that's basically the IPv6 address of the web server in which the domain name is hosted. The IPv6 system was designed to replace the existing IPv4 system in which every single Internet protocol address is made up of 4 sets of decimal numbers ranging from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. On the other hand, an IPv6 address features 8 sets of four hexadecimal digits - from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason behind this change is the tremendously smaller amount of unique IPs which the present system supports as well as the fast increase of gadgets that are connected to the Internet. A good example of an IPv6 address is 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you need to forward a domain address to a web server that 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 have the very same function, but different notations are used, in order to identify the two sorts of addresses.

AAAA Records in Shared Website Hosting

The cutting-edge Hepsia web hosting CP, included with our shared website hosting, allows you to create a new AAAA record easily. When you're inside the account and you navigate to the DNS Records section, you will discover all records that you have for any hosted domain name or a subdomain under it. All it takes to create the AAAA record is to click the New Record button, to choose the domain/subdomain in question, pick AAAA after which just type in or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We also have a step-by-step guide in case you have never created records for your domains, but it is extremely unlikely that you will need it as Hepsia is much simpler to use than other Control Panels available. Within an hour your new record is going to be working and your domain name shall start resolving to the servers of the other service provider. There's also an option to edit the TTL value, which shows how long this record is going to be active if you edit it, from the standard 3600 seconds to any value that the other service provider may require.