Each device that's connected to the web has a special identifier named IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes personal computers, web servers, smartphones, switches, etcetera. The pool of IPs, that was introduced at first, is already distributed, hence the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are progressively being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain which opens an internet site has an IP record, which 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 sets of numbers from 1 to 255 divided by a dot, while in the IPv6 system it's called AAAA and it is comprised of eight groups of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this type of records use numbers from 0 to 9 and letters from A to F. An example of an AAAA record is 2010:0c48:43d3:2142:1012:8c3a:2475:2435 and this format supports a substantially larger number of IPs than the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Cloud Website Hosting

The state-of-the-art Hepsia hosting CP, bundled with our cloud website hosting, will permit you to set up a new AAAA record with ease. When you're within the account and you navigate to the DNS Records section, you'll discover all records you have for any hosted domain address or a subdomain under it. All it takes to create the AAAA record is to click on the New Record button, to select the domain/subdomain in question, select AAAA then only enter or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We have a step-by-step guide if you have never created records for your domain addresses, but it is extremely unlikely that you will need it as Hepsia is much simpler to make use of than compared with other Control Panels available on the market. Within an hour your new record will be active and your domain address will start resolving to the servers of the other company. There is also an option to change the TTL value, which outlines how long this record will be working if you edit it, from the standard 3600 seconds to any value that the other company may require.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Setting up a new AAAA record for a domain address or a subdomain hosted within a semi-dedicated server from our company features only a couple of really easy steps, which you will be able to find inside the Help section of your Hepsia website hosting CP as well. You will have to select the hostname for which the new record will be created from a drop-down menu where you will find all of your domain names and subdomains. Setting up the new AAAA record is as simple as choosing the one that you need and entering the IPv6 address for it. This is achieved with no more than a few mouse clicks, so you can quickly point any hostname to a different service provider by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they provide. It will take just a few seconds for the new record to be active and just about an hour for it to propagate world-wide, so you'll be done in no time. The other provider could also request you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, that's different from the standard one - 3600 seconds. This feature determines how long it will take for any new value which you set for your record to take effect while the old value is still active.