AAAA is a domain address record, which is in essence the IPv6 address of the server where the domain name is hosted. The IPv6 system was designed to replace the current IPv4 system in which each IP consists of four groups of decimal digits between 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. In contrast, an IPv6 address features 8 groups of four hexadecimal numbers - from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason behind this modification is the substantially smaller selection of unique IPs that the existing system supports and also the quick increase of gadgets which are connected to the Internet. An illustration of an IPv6 address would be 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you want to point a domain to a machine that uses this kind of an address, you will have to create an AAAA record for it, and not the commonly used A record, which is an IPv4 address. The two records have the same exact function, yet different notations are used, to differentiate the two forms of addresses.

AAAA Records in Hosting

If you wish to use a domain name or a subdomain which you have in a hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you ought to set up an AAAA record for that, it will not take you more than just a few clicks to do that via our highly effective, though easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel. When you navigate to the DNS Records section and then click the Create a New Record button, a compact pop-up will show up. This is the spot in which you can set up any DNS record, so you just have to choose the needed domain or subdomain and the type of record through drop-down menus and input the IPv6 address, that’s the actual record. Just in case you have zero experience with such matters, you won't have any troubles as Hepsia is very user-friendly and the new AAAA record will propagate within the hour, to enable you to start using your domain/subdomain with the other service provider. Provided they require it, you'll also be able to edit the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, defining how long it will stay active in the global DNS system after you change it or remove it.