AAAA is a domain record, that is in essence the IPv6 address of the server in which the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was designed to replace the present IPv4 system where each and every Internet protocol address is made up of 4 groups of decimal digits which range from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. However, an IPv6 address features 8 groups of 4 hexadecimal digits - from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The cause of this modification is the tremendously smaller range of unique IPs which the current system supports as well as the rapid increase of units which are connected to the world wide web. An illustration of an IPv6 address would be 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you want to direct a domain address to a server which uses this type of an address, you will have to create an AAAA record for it, and not the widely used A record, that is an IPv4 address. The 2 records have the exact same function, but different notations are used, in order to differentiate the two forms of addresses.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
As our state-of-the-art cloud hosting platform supports AAAA records, you're going to be able to create one with ease for every domain or subdomain you host in a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record will propagate within the hour, so that you could start using the services of any other provider you forward the domain/subdomain to right away. You could create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel in which you will also find all of the other records that were set up automatically or you have set up manually before. The set up of the new AAAA record is as basic as picking the needed domain or subdomain and the AAAA type from simple drop-down menus, inputting the IPv6 address inside a text box and saving the change. You're going to be able to edit the record at any time if needed. In case the other provider demands a certain TTL value for the new record, you'll be able to change this setting as well. The Time To Live option specifies how long an existing record will continue working after you edit it or delete it and the time is in seconds.