AAAA is a domain name record, that's in essence the IPv6 address of the web server in which the domain is hosted. The IPv6 system was intended to replace the present IPv4 system in which every single Internet protocol address is comprised of 4 sets of decimal numbers between 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. However, an IPv6 address features 8 groups of four hexadecimal digits - ranging from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason behind this modification is the substantially smaller amount of unique IPs that the current system supports and the quick increase of units that are connected to the world wide web. An example of an IPv6 address is 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you need to point a domain to a server that uses this type of an address, you will need to create an AAAA record for it, and not the widely used A record, that is an IPv4 address. The two records have the very same function, but different notations are used, so as to separate the two sorts of addresses.

AAAA Records in Cloud Website Hosting

If you would like to set up a new AAAA record for any domain or subdomain hosted within your cloud website hosting account, it will not take you more than a few simple steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel is quite intuitive to use and it'll enable you to create or modify every single record without difficulty. Once you log in and go to the DNS Records section, where you'll discover all existing records for your domain names and subdomains, you'll simply have to click on the "New" button, choose AAAA from a small drop-down options menu in the pop-up which will show up, enter or paste the required IPv6 address and save the modification - it is as basic as that. The new record will be fully functioning within only 1 hour and the hostname you have created it for shall start opening whatever content you have with the other company. If needed, you will also be able to modify the TTL (Time To Live) value, which shows the time in seconds the new record will be functioning after you eventually modify it to something different or you simply erase it.