AAAA is a domain address record, that's basically the IPv6 address of the web server in which the domain name is hosted. The IPv6 system was introduced to replace the existing IPv4 system where every single IP comprises of 4 sets of decimal numbers ranging from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. In contrast, an IPv6 address includes eight sets of four hexadecimal numbers - ranging from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The main reason for this modification is the considerably smaller range of unique IPs which the present system supports as well as the rapid increase of devices that are connected to the Internet. An illustration of an IPv6 address is 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you wish to point a domain to a web server that uses this type of an address, you have to create an AAAA record for it, and not the commonly used A record, which is an IPv4 address. The 2 records provide the exact same function, but different notations are used, so as to identify the two sorts of addresses.
AAAA Records in Shared Web Hosting
If you want to create a new AAAA record a domain or subdomain hosted in your shared web hosting account, it will not take you more than a few easy steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia CP is rather intuitive to use and it'll allow you to set up or change every record easily. As soon as you sign in and go to the DNS Records section, where you can find all existing records for your domain names and subdomains, you'll just have to click on the "New" button, pick out AAAA from a small drop-down options menu inside the pop-up that will appear, enter or paste the required IPv6 address and save the modification - it's as easy as that. The new record is going to be 100% functioning within no more than an hour and the hostname which you have created it for will start opening whatever content you have with the other provider. If required, you'll also be able to change the TTL (Time To Live) value, which shows the time in seconds that the new record will be functioning after you eventually change it to something different or you simply erase it.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Setting up a new AAAA record for a domain address or a subdomain hosted within a semi-dedicated server from our company features only a few very easy steps, which you'll be able to find inside the Help section of your Hepsia website hosting CP as well. You'll need to pick the hostname for which the new record is going to be created from a drop-down menu where you will find all of your domain addresses and subdomains. Setting up the new AAAA record is as easy as picking out the one that you need and entering the IPv6 address for it. This is done with no more than several mouse clicks, so you can very easily direct any hostname to a different service provider by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they provide. It's going to take mere seconds for the new record to be live and just around an hour for it to propagate around the globe, so you will be done in no time. The other provider may also request you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, which is different from the standard one - 3600 seconds. This feature reveals how long it will take for any new value you set for your record to take effect as the old value is still active.