AAAA is a domain name record, that's basically the IPv6 address of the web server where the domain name is hosted. The IPv6 system was designed to replace the existing IPv4 system where each and every Internet protocol address is made up of four groups of decimal numbers which range from 1 to 255 e.g. 5.168.208.143. In contrast, an IPv6 address features eight sets of 4 hexadecimal numbers - from 0 to 9 and from A to F. The reason for this change is the considerably smaller range of unique IPs the present system supports and also the rapid increase of devices which are connected to the Internet. An example of an IPv6 address would be 2101:1f34:32e2:2415:1365:4f2b:2553:1345. If you need to forward a domain address to a web server which uses such an address, you will have to create an AAAA record for it, not the widely used A record, that is an IPv4 address. The two records provide the very same function, but different notations are used, in order to differentiate the two forms of addresses.
AAAA Records in Hosting
If you want to use a domain address or a subdomain that you have within a hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you have to create an AAAA record for that, it won't take you more than only a few clicks to do this via our effective, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia CP. After you visit the DNS Records section and click the Create a New Record button, a little pop-up will show up. This is the spot where you can set up any DNS record, so you simply have to select the needed domain address or subdomain and the type of record from drop-down menus and input the IPv6 address, that’s the actual record. In case you have zero experience with such matters, you will not have any problems as Hepsia is incredibly user-friendly and the new AAAA record is going to propagate within the hour, so you can start using your domain/subdomain with the other service provider. In case they require it, you'll also be able to change the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, determining how long it's going to stay active in the global DNS system after you edit it or delete it.