Each device that is connected to the world wide web has a distinctive identifier referred to as IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computers, web servers, smartphones, switches, etcetera. The pool of IPs, that was introduced originally, has already been distributed, therefore the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are progressively being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain that opens a site comes with an IP record, that is the address of the server where it is hosted. With the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it is made up of 4 sets of numbers from 1 to 255 separated with a dot, while within the IPv6 system it's called AAAA and it is comprised of eight sets of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this sort of records use digits from 0 to 9 and letters from A to F. An illustration of an AAAA record is 2010:0c48:43d3:2142:1012:8c3a:2475:2435 and this format supports a significantly greater amount of IPs in comparison with the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Shared Web Hosting

If you use a service through a third-party company and you've got to create an AAAA record to point a domain address or a subdomain to their system, you are going to be able to do that with a few mouse clicks within the Hepsia CP, which comes with our shared web hosting packages. Once you sign in, you have to visit the DNS Records section where you are going to find all of the records for any domain name or subdomain hosted within the account. Creating a new record is as basic as clicking on a button, picking out the type from a drop-down options menu, that is to be AAAA in this case, and then typing the value, or the actual IPv6 address, in a text box. As an additional option you are able to change the TTL value (Time To Live), which defines how long the record is going to be live after you edit it or erase it in the future. The new AAAA record will be live in only an hour and will propagate around the world a few hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start pointing to the new server.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Creating a new AAAA record for a domain or a subdomain hosted within a semi-dedicated server from our company includes a few simple steps, that you will be able to find in the Help section of your Hepsia website hosting CP as well. You'll have to choose the hostname for which the new record will be created from a drop-down menu where you will find all your domain names and subdomains. Creating the new AAAA record is as simple as choosing the one that you need and inputting the IPv6 address for it. This is achieved with no more than a few clicks, so you can very easily point any hostname to a different provider by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they provide. It's going to take just a few seconds for the new record to be working and just about an hour for it to propagate globally, so you'll be done in no time. The other company can also ask you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, which is different from the default one - 3600 seconds. This feature outlines how long it will take for any new value you set for your record to take effect while the old value is still active.