AAAA is a domain name record, that's essentially the IPv6 address of the server where the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was introduced to replace the existing IPv4 system where every single IP consists of 4 sets of decimal numbers which range from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. In comparison, an IPv6 address has 8 sets of four hexadecimal digits - which range from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason behind this modification is the considerably smaller number of unique IPs that the existing system supports and also the quick increase of devices which are connected to the Internet. A good example of an IPv6 address would be 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you need to point a domain address to a server that uses this kind 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 have the exact same function, but different notations are used, in order to identify the two forms of addresses.

AAAA Records in Shared Web Hosting

If you'd like to use a domain name or a subdomain which you have within a shared web hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you ought to create an AAAA record for that, it won't take you more than only a few clicks to do that using our highly effective, though easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel. When you go to the DNS Records section and click on the Create a New Record button, a small pop-up will appear. This is the spot where you could set up any DNS record, so you just have to pick the needed domain name or subdomain and the type of record via drop-down navigation and type in the IPv6 address, that is the actual record. If you happen to have no experience with such matters, you will not have any issues as Hepsia is incredibly intuitive and your new AAAA record is going to propagate within the hour, to enable you to 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, defining how long it will stay active in the global DNS system after you change it or remove it.