Every single device which is connected to the Internet has a distinctive identifier known as IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes personal computers, web servers, smart phones, switches, and so on. The pool of addresses, that was introduced at first, has been distributed, hence the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are steadily being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain which opens a website comes with an IP record, which is the address of the server where it's hosted. When using the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it is made up of four sets of numbers from 1 to 255 separated using a dot, while in the IPv6 system it is called AAAA and it comprises of eight groups of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this type of records use digits 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 substantially larger amount of IPs compared with the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Website Hosting

If you use a service with a third-party service provider and you need to create an AAAA record to forward a domain address or a subdomain to their system, you're going to be able to do that with just a few clicks in the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with our website hosting packages. After you log in, you will need to proceed to the DNS Records section where you are going to find all of the records for any domain or subdomain hosted within the account. Setting up a new record is as basic as clicking on a button, picking the type from a drop-down menu, which will be AAAA in this case, and then typing the value, or the actual IPv6 address, inside a text box. As an additional option you could change the TTL value (Time To Live), which defines how long the record is live after you change it or erase it in the future. The new AAAA record is going to be working in no more than an hour and will propagate globally an hour or two later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start directing to the new web server.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

When you have a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you need to create an AAAA record for a domain address you have hosted in it or a subdomain you have set up, it'll take you only a few mouse clicks in the Hepsia Control Panel to accomplish this. In case you have never had a website hosting account before, you will not face any troubles since you will use a very simple and user-friendly interface. All of the DNS records for your domains will be listed in a section of the Control Panel with the exact same name, so when you go there, you will notice all records which have been set up automatically or manually and you'll be able to create a new one by simply clicking the corresponding button. A little pop-up shall appear, so with a few mouse clicks you can select the type of record that you need and for which domain or subdomain it'll be created. Then, just paste the IPv6 address within a text box, save the modification and 1 hour later the new AAAA record will be 100% functioning. As an optional setting, you may choose the length of time this record is going to be operating after you modify it or remove it in the future. This is actually the so-called TTL, or Time To Live value of the record, which you can change from the default 3600 seconds in case the other provider needs it.