Each 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 IP addresses, which was introduced initially, has already been distributed, so the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are slowly getting replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain which opens a website has an IP record, that is the address of the server where it's hosted. Using the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it is comprised of four groups of numbers from 1 to 255 split up with a dot, while with the IPv6 system it is called AAAA and it consists of eight groups of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this sort 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 can handle a considerably greater amount of IPs than the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Website Hosting

In order to use a domain or a subdomain you have inside a website hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you have to create an AAAA record for that, it is not going to take you more than only a few clicks to do this through our amazing, though easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel. After you visit the DNS Records section and click on the Create a New Record button, a small pop-up will show up. This is the place where you could set up any DNS record, so you just have to pick the needed domain or subdomain and the type of record via drop-down options menu and type in the IPv6 address, that’s the actual record. Just in case you have no experience with such matters, you won't have any troubles as Hepsia is very intuitive and your new AAAA record will propagate within the hour, to enable you to start using your domain/subdomain with the other company. If they demand it, you'll also be able to modify the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, determining how long it is going to stay active in the global DNS system after you change it or remove it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

As our cutting-edge cloud web hosting platform supports AAAA records, you'll be able to create one without difficulty for every domain or subdomain which you host inside a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record is going to propagate within the hour, so you can start using the services of any other provider you direct the domain/subdomain to right away. You can create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel where you will also find all other records that were set up automatically or you have created manually before. The creation of the new AAAA record is as basic as picking out the needed Internet domain or subdomain and the AAAA type via simple drop-down menus, entering the IPv6 address inside a text box and saving the change. You'll be able to edit the record anytime if necessary. In case the other provider needs a particular TTL value for the new record, you will be able to modify this setting as well. The Time To Live option specifies how long an existing record will continue working after you edit it or remove it and the time is in seconds.