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 designed to replace the present IPv4 system where each and every IP address comprises of 4 sets of decimal digits which range from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. On the other hand, an IPv6 address includes eight groups of four hexadecimal numbers - ranging from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The cause of this modification is the significantly smaller selection of unique IPs the current system supports and the fast increase of products which are connected to the world wide web. A good example of an IPv6 address is 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you want to point a domain address to a web server which uses this type of an address, you have to set up an AAAA record for it, not the commonly used A record, that is an IPv4 address. Both records deliver the same exact function, but different notations are used, so as to distinguish the two forms of addresses.
AAAA Records in Cloud Web Hosting
The advanced Hepsia website hosting Control Panel, bundled with our cloud web hosting, will allow you to create a new AAAA record easily. Once you are inside the account and you visit the DNS Records section, you'll discover all records 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 pick the domain/subdomain in question, pick AAAA after which only type or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We've got a step-by-step guide if you have never created records for your domain names, but it's not likely that you will need it as Hepsia is much simpler to employ compared with other Control Panels available 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 provider. There is also an option to change 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 the other company may require.