AAAA is a domain record, that is basically the IPv6 address of the server where the domain name is hosted. The IPv6 system was intended to replace the present IPv4 system where each IP is made up of 4 groups of decimal numbers which range from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. On the other hand, an IPv6 address features 8 groups of four hexadecimal digits - which range from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason for this modification is the substantially smaller number of unique IPs that the current system supports and also the quick increase of products which are connected to the world wide web. A good example of an IPv6 address would be 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you'd like to point a domain address to a server that uses such an address, you have to create an AAAA record for it, and not the commonly used A record, that is an IPv4 address. Both records have the very same function, yet different notations are used, to distinguish the two sorts of addresses.

AAAA Records in Shared Web Hosting

If you want to create a new AAAA record a domain address or subdomain hosted inside your shared web hosting account, it won't take you more than several basic steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia CP is very intuitive to use and is going to enable you to create or modify every single record effortlessly. As soon as you sign in and navigate to the DNS Records section, in which you'll discover all present records for your domain addresses and subdomains, you'll only have to click the "New" button, pick AAAA from a small drop-down menu inside the pop-up that will show up, input or paste the necessary IPv6 address and save the modification - it's as simple as that. The new record is going to be 100% live within no more than one hour and the hostname that you have created it for is going to start opening whatever content you have with the other provider. If necessary, you will also be able to change the TTL (Time To Live) value, which shows the time in seconds the new record will be functioning after you eventually modify it to something different or you simply erase it.