AAAA is a domain name record, which is in essence the IPv6 address of the server where the domain name is hosted. The IPv6 system was introduced to replace the present IPv4 system in which each IP comprises of 4 sets of decimal numbers ranging from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. In comparison, an IPv6 address includes 8 groups of 4 hexadecimal numbers - which range from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The cause of this transformation is the substantially smaller number of unique IPs that the existing system supports and the speedy 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 wish to forward a domain address to a server which uses such an address, you'll have to create an AAAA record for it, not the widespread A record, which is an IPv4 address. The 2 records have the very same function, yet different notations are used, so as to differentiate the two sorts of addresses.

AAAA Records in Shared Website Hosting

If you'd like to use a domain address or a subdomain that you have within a shared website hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you ought to create an AAAA record for that, it will not take you more than a few mouse clicks to do this by using our powerful, though easy-to-use Hepsia CP. When you go to the DNS Records section and click the Create a New Record button, a small pop-up will show up. This is the spot in which you can create any DNS record, so you only have to pick the needed domain name or subdomain and the type of record through drop-down options menu and input the IPv6 address, which is the actual record. If you happen to have no experience with such matters, you will not have any problems as Hepsia is quite user-friendly and your new AAAA record is going to propagate within the hour, so you can start using your domain/subdomain with the other service provider. Provided they demand it, you will also be able to edit the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, defining how long it will remain active in the global DNS system after you change it or delete it.