AAAA is a domain record, that is essentially the IPv6 address of the server where the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was designed to replace the existing IPv4 system where every IP is comprised of 4 sets of decimal numbers between 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. In comparison, an IPv6 address has 8 groups of four hexadecimal digits - which range from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason behind this transformation is the substantially smaller number of unique IPs the present system supports and also the quick 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 need to direct a domain name to a machine that uses this kind of an address, you will have to set up an AAAA record for it, and not the widely used A record, which is an IPv4 address. The two records provide the exact same function, yet different notations are used, to differentiate the two types of addresses.

AAAA Records in Shared Hosting

The state-of-the-art Hepsia website hosting CP, included with our shared hosting, will permit you to set up a new AAAA record with ease. When you're in the account and you go to the DNS Records section, you'll find all records that you have for any hosted domain address or a subdomain under it. All it takes to set up the AAAA record is to click the New Record button, to pick the domain/subdomain in question, select AAAA then simply input or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We have a step-by-step guide if you've never created records for your domain addresses, but it's unlikely that you will need it as Hepsia is much simpler to employ in comparison with other Control Panels on the market. Within an hour your new record is going to be active and your domain will start resolving to the servers of the other service provider. Additionally, there is an option to modify the TTL value, which outlines how long this record is going to be functioning if you edit it, from the default 3600 seconds to any value that the other provider may require.