Every device that's connected to the web has a specific identifier known as IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes PCs, web servers, smart phones, switches, and so on. The pool of IP addresses, which was introduced at first, has already been distributed, so the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are slowly being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain that opens an internet site comes with an IP record, that is the address of the server where it is hosted. When using the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it is made up 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 consists of eight sets 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 is designed for a substantially bigger number of IPs when compared with the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Web Hosting

If you are using a service with a third-party provider and you need to set up an AAAA record to direct a domain or a subdomain to their system, you're going to be able to do that with a few clicks within the Hepsia CP, supplied with our web hosting packages. As soon as you log in, you will need to proceed to the DNS Records section where you will find all the records for any domain or subdomain hosted in the account. Setting up a new record is as easy as clicking on a button, choosing the type from a drop-down options menu, that will be AAAA in this case, and then inserting the value, or the actual IPv6 address, inside a text box. As an added option you can modify the TTL value (Time To Live), which defines how long the record will be active after you change it or delete it in the future. The new AAAA record will be operating in just an hour and will propagate around the world two or three hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start directing to the new server.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Setting up a new AAAA record for a domain name or a subdomain hosted in a semi-dedicated server from our company includes only a couple of very easy steps, which you will be able to find inside the Help section of your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel as well. You will have to pick the hostname for which the new record will be created from a drop-down menu in which you will find all your domains and subdomains. Creating the new AAAA record is as simple 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 mouse clicks, so you can very easily direct any hostname to a different provider by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they supply. It takes mere seconds for the new record to be active and just about an hour for it to propagate around the globe, so you will be done in no time. The other company can also request you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, that's different from the default one - 3600 seconds. This feature shows how long it will take for any new value which you set for your record to take effect while the old value is still active.