AAAA is a domain name record, that's basically the IPv6 address of the server where the domain name is hosted. The IPv6 system was introduced to replace the current IPv4 system in which every Internet protocol address consists of four groups of decimal digits ranging from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. On the other hand, an IPv6 address includes 8 sets of four hexadecimal numbers - ranging from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason behind this transformation is the significantly smaller number of unique IPs which the current system supports and 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 want to direct a domain to a web server which uses this sort of an address, you will need to create an AAAA record for it, and not the widely used A record, that is an IPv4 address. Both records provide the same exact function, but different notations are used, to identify the two sorts of addresses.

AAAA Records in Web Hosting

The highly developed Hepsia web hosting Control Panel, provided with our web hosting, allows you to set up a new AAAA record with ease. Once you are in the account and you go to the DNS Records section, you'll find all records that you have for any hosted domain name or a subdomain under it. All it takes to create the AAAA record is to click the New Record button, to select the domain/subdomain in question, select AAAA then only input or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We've got a step-by-step guide in case you have never created records for your domain addresses, but it's unlikely that you'll need it as Hepsia is much simpler to make use of in comparison with other Control Panels on the market. Within an hour your new record shall be active and your domain name shall start resolving to the servers of the other company. Additionally, there is an option to modify the TTL value, which determines how long this record will be working if you modify it, from the default 3600 seconds to any value the other provider may require.