Every device that's connected to the world wide web has a distinctive identifier known as IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computer systems, web servers, smartphones, switches, etc. The pool of IPs, that was introduced initially, is already distributed, hence the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are gradually getting replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain that opens an internet site has an IP record, which is the address of the server where it is hosted. Using the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it is made up of 4 sets of numbers from 1 to 255 separated using a dot, while with the IPv6 system it's called AAAA and it comprises of eight groups of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this kind of records use digits from 0 to 9 and letters from A to F. A good example of an AAAA record is 2010:0c48:43d3:2142:1012:8c3a:2475:2435 and this format works with a considerably greater amount of IPs than the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting

The highly developed Hepsia web hosting Control Panel, bundled with our cloud hosting, will enable you to set up a new AAAA record with ease. When you are within the account and you go to the DNS Records section, you will discover all records you have for any hosted domain name or a subdomain under it. All it takes to set up the AAAA record is to click on the New Record button, to select the domain/subdomain in question, select AAAA and then only enter or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We've got a step-by-step guide in case you have never created records for your domains, but it is extremely unlikely that you'll need it as Hepsia is much simpler to employ than other Control Panels available on the market. Within an hour your new record is going to be functioning and your domain shall start resolving to the servers of the other provider. There is also an option to edit the TTL value, which shows how long this record will be working if you edit it, from the default 3600 seconds to any value that the other service provider may require.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Creating a new AAAA record is very easy using our user-friendly Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so if you host a domain name in a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you require such a record either for it or for a subdomain that you've set up under it, you're going to be able to create it in just a few rather simple steps and with no hassle. Hepsia features a section dedicated to the DNS records of your domain names where you can find all current records or create new ones with a few mouse clicks. All it takes to achieve that is to choose the domain/subdomain that you would like to modify, select AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and type the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address the other service provider has given you. Within an hour after you save the modification, the newly created record is going to propagate world-wide and your domain will start forwarding to the third-party hosting server. If they require it, you could also change the TTL value, which reveals the time this record will be active with its present value before a new one kicks in if you make any modifications in the future.