AAAA is a domain address record, that is in essence the IPv6 address of the server in which the domain name is hosted. The IPv6 system was intended to replace the existing IPv4 system where each IP comprises of 4 groups of decimal numbers which range from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. However, an IPv6 address includes eight groups of 4 hexadecimal numbers - from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The cause of this modification is the tremendously smaller selection of unique IPs the current system supports and the quick increase of devices that are connected to the world wide web. An example of an IPv6 address would be 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you need to direct a domain address to a machine which uses this type of an address, you will need to create an AAAA record for it, not the widespread A record, which is an IPv4 address. The two records deliver the same exact function, yet different notations are used, in order to separate the two types of addresses.

AAAA Records in Shared Website Hosting

If you are using a service with a third-party service provider and you have to create an AAAA record to direct a domain address or a subdomain to their system, you're going to be able to do that with a couple of clicks via the Hepsia Control Panel, supplied with our shared website hosting plans. After you sign in, you will need to go to the DNS Records section in which you will find all records for any domain address or subdomain hosted in the account. Setting up a new record is as basic as clicking on a button, picking the type from a drop-down menu, that is to be AAAA in this case, and then entering the value, or the actual IPv6 address, inside a text box. As an additional option you are able to edit the TTL value (Time To Live), that outlines how long the record is going to be active after you edit it or delete it in the future. The new AAAA record will be operating in no more than an hour and will propagate around the world a few hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start directing to the new hosting server.