AAAA is a domain address record, that's in essence the IPv6 address of the web server in which the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was designed to replace the present IPv4 system in which each and every Internet protocol address is comprised of four groups of decimal numbers which range from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. On the other hand, an IPv6 address features eight sets of four hexadecimal numbers - ranging from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason behind this transformation is the substantially smaller selection of unique IPs that the existing system supports and also the fast 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 need to forward a domain name to a server which uses this sort of an address, you need to create an AAAA record for it, not the widespread A record, that is an IPv4 address. The two records provide the same exact function, yet different notations are used, in order to distinguish the two types of addresses.

AAAA Records in Website Hosting

If you want to use a domain address or a subdomain that you have inside a website hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you ought to set up an AAAA record for that, it is not going to take you more than just a few clicks to do that via our effective, though easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel. As soon as you visit the DNS Records section and click on the Create a New Record button, a compact pop-up will show up. This is the place in which you can set up any DNS record, so you simply have to select the needed domain address or subdomain and the type of record via drop-down options menu and type in the IPv6 address, which is the actual record. Even if you have zero experience with such matters, you'll not have any problems as Hepsia is very intuitive and your new AAAA record is going to propagate within the hour, so that you can start using your domain/subdomain with the other company. In case they require it, you will also be able to edit the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, defining how long it'll stay active in the global DNS system after you modify it or delete it.