AAAA is a domain name record, that's essentially the IPv6 address of the server in which the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was intended to replace the existing IPv4 system where every IP address is made up of four groups of decimal digits ranging from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. In contrast, an IPv6 address has eight sets of 4 hexadecimal digits - ranging from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason for this transformation is the considerably smaller amount of unique IPs that the present system supports as well as the fast increase of devices which are connected to the world wide web. An example of an IPv6 address would be 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you wish to forward a domain to a machine which uses this kind of an address, you have to set up an AAAA record for it, and not the widely used A record, that is an IPv4 address. Both records deliver the very same function, yet different notations are used, in order to identify the two types of addresses.

AAAA Records in Shared Website Hosting

In order to use a domain name or a subdomain which you have in a shared website hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you need to set up an AAAA record for that, it is not going to take you more than only a few clicks to do that by using our powerful, though easy-to-use Hepsia CP. As soon as 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 place where you could create any DNS record, so you only have to choose the needed domain or subdomain and the type of record through drop-down navigation and input the IPv6 address, which is the actual record. Even if you have zero experience with such matters, you'll not have any troubles as Hepsia is extremely user-friendly and your new AAAA record is going to propagate within the hour, so you can start using your domain/subdomain with the other provider. In case they require it, you will also be able to modify the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, determining how long it is going to remain active in the global DNS system after you edit it or erase it.