Every device that's connected to the web has a distinctive identifier known as IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes personal computers, web servers, smartphones, switches, etcetera. The pool of IPs, that was introduced at first, has already been distributed, hence the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are gradually being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain name that opens a site has an IP record, that is the address of the server where it's hosted. When using the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it comprises of four sets of numbers from 1 to 255 separated using a dot, while in the IPv6 system it's called AAAA and it is made up of eight sets of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this sort 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 is designed for a significantly bigger amount of IPs than the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Shared Website Hosting

The cutting-edge Hepsia web hosting CP, bundled with our shared website hosting, will permit you to set up a new AAAA record easily. When you're inside the account and you go to the DNS Records section, you'll discover all records that you have for any hosted domain or a subdomain under it. All it takes to set up the AAAA record is to click on the New Record button, to pick the domain/subdomain in question, choose AAAA after which only input or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We've got a step-by-step guide in case you have never created records for your domains, but it's extremely unlikely that you'll need it as Hepsia is much easier to employ than other Control Panels available. Within an hour your new record shall be functioning and your domain shall start resolving to the servers of the other company. There's also an option to edit the TTL value, which shows how long this record is going to be working if you change it, from the default 3600 seconds to any value which the other provider may require.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

As our leading-edge cloud hosting platform supports AAAA records, you are going to be able to create one with no trouble for any domain address or subdomain that you host within a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record will propagate within the hour, to enable you to start using the services of any other provider you forward the domain/subdomain to in no time. You are able to create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia website hosting CP in which you will also find all the other records that were created automatically or you have set up manually in the past. The set up of the new AAAA record is as easy as selecting the needed domain or subdomain and the AAAA type from simple drop-down menus, entering the IPv6 address inside a text box and saving the modification. You will be able to modify the record at any time if required. If the other provider needs a specific TTL value for the new record, you will be able to modify this setting also. The Time To Live option outlines how long an existing record will keep functioning after you modify it or erase it and the time is in seconds.