Every device which is connected to the world wide web has a specific identifier known as IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes personal computers, web servers, smartphones, switches, and so on. The pool of IP addresses, that was introduced initially, has been distributed, hence the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are progressively being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain name which opens a website has an IP record, that is the address of the server where it's hosted. Using the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it is comprised of four groups of numbers from 1 to 255 split up using a dot, while with the IPv6 system it is called AAAA and it is made up of eight sets of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this type of records use numbers 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 is designed for a substantially bigger amount of IPs in comparison with the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Website Hosting

The highly developed Hepsia web hosting CP, which comes with our website hosting, will permit you to create a new AAAA record with ease. Once you are in the account and you visit the DNS Records section, you will find all records that you have for every hosted domain address or a subdomain under it. All it takes to set up the AAAA record is to click the New Record button, to choose the domain/subdomain in question, select AAAA and then simply enter or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We have a step-by-step guide if you have never created records for your domains, but it's not likely that you will need it as Hepsia is much easier to use than compared with other Control Panels on the market. Within an hour your new record shall be working and your domain shall start resolving to the servers of the other company. There's also an option to change the TTL value, which determines how long this record is going to be working if you update it, from the standard 3600 seconds to any value the other service provider may require.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

As our sophisticated cloud web hosting platform supports AAAA records, you are going to be able to create one with ease for every domain address or subdomain you host within a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record is going to 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 are able to create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel where you will also find all other records that were created automatically or you have set up manually before. The set up of the new AAAA record is as easy as selecting the needed Internet 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 are going to be able to edit the record at any time if needed. In case the other company needs a certain TTL value for the new record, you will be able to change this setting also. The Time To Live option determines how long an existing record will continue operating after you edit it or remove it and the time is in seconds.