Every single device that is connected to the world wide web has a special identifier known as IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computers, web servers, smart phones, switches, etc. The pool of IPs, that was introduced initially, has already been distributed, therefore the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are steadily being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain name that opens a website comes with an IP record, that is the address of the server where it is hosted. Using the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it comprises of four groups of numbers from 1 to 255 split up using a dot, while in the IPv6 system it is called AAAA and it comprises of 8 groups of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this type 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 Website Hosting

The cutting-edge Hepsia website hosting Control Panel, provided with our cloud website hosting, will allow you to create a new AAAA record effortlessly. Once you are within the account and you navigate to the DNS Records section, you will find all records you have for every hosted domain or a subdomain under it. All it takes to create the AAAA record is to click the New Record button, to select the domain/subdomain in question, choose AAAA after which only type in or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We also have a step-by-step guide in case 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. Within an hour your new record will be active and your domain name will start resolving to the servers of the other service provider. In addition, there’s an option to change the TTL value, which determines how long this record will be active if you modify it, from the default 3600 seconds to any value which the other service provider may require.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Setting up a new AAAA record for a domain or a subdomain hosted in a semi-dedicated server from our company features only a few really easy steps, that you will be able to find in the Help section of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel as well. You will need to select the hostname for which the new record will be created from a drop-down menu in which you will find all of your domain addresses and subdomains. Creating the new AAAA record is as easy as picking out the one that you need and entering the IPv6 address for it. This is achieved with no more than a couple of clicks, so you can very easily forward any hostname to a different service provider by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they supply. It takes mere seconds for the new record to be functioning 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 is different from the standard one - 3600 seconds. This feature determines how long it will take for any new value that you set for your record to take effect while the old value is still active.