Each device that's connected to the web has a special identifier named IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computer systems, web servers, smart phones, switches, etcetera. The pool of IPs, that was introduced at first, has been distributed, hence the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are progressively being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain name which opens a site comes with an IP record, which is the address of the server where it is hosted. When using the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it is comprised of 4 sets of numbers from 1 to 255 separated by a dot, while with the IPv6 system it is called AAAA and it comprises 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 illustration of an AAAA record is 2010:0c48:43d3:2142:1012:8c3a:2475:2435 and this format works with a substantially greater amount of IPs when compared with the IPv4 format.
AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting
The highly developed Hepsia hosting Control Panel, bundled with our cloud hosting, allows you to create a new AAAA record easily. When you are within the account and you go to the DNS Records section, you will discover 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 choose the domain/subdomain in question, select AAAA and then just type in or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We have a step-by-step guide in case you have never created records for your domain addresses, but it's extremely unlikely that you'll need it as Hepsia is much simpler to employ than other Control Panels on the market. Within an hour your new record shall be active and your domain address shall start resolving to the servers of the other service provider. There's also an option to change the TTL value, which determines how long this record is going to be functioning if you change it, from the standard 3600 seconds to any value the other company may require.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Setting up a new AAAA record for a domain or a subdomain hosted inside a semi-dedicated server from our company includes a few really easy steps, which you will be able to find inside the Help section of your Hepsia web hosting CP as well. You will need to select the hostname for which the new record is going to be created from a drop-down menu in which you will find all your domains and subdomains. Setting up the new AAAA record is as basic as picking out the one that you need and inputting the IPv6 address for it. This is accomplished with no more than a couple of mouse clicks, so you can quickly forward any hostname to a different company by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they supply. It will take just a few seconds for the new record to be working and only around an hour for it to propagate globally, so you will be done in no time. The other provider may also require you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, that's different from the standard one - 3600 seconds. This feature shows 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.