Each device that's connected to the world wide web has a unique identifier known as IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computers, web servers, smart phones, switches, and so on. The pool of IPs, that was introduced initially, has already been distributed, therefore the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are gradually being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain which opens a website 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 comprised of 4 groups of numbers from 1 to 255 split up using a dot, while within the IPv6 system it is called AAAA and it consists of 8 sets of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this type of records use numbers from 0 to 9 and letters from A to F. A good example of an AAAA record is 2010:0c48:43d3:2142:1012:8c3a:2475:2435 and this format can handle a significantly bigger amount of IPs when compared with the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting

If you want to set up a new AAAA record a domain address or subdomain hosted in your cloud hosting account, it won't take you more than several simple steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel is extremely intuitive to use and it'll allow you to set up or edit any record without difficulty. After you sign in and navigate to the DNS Records section, where you can find all existing records for your domain addresses and subdomains, you will only have to click the "New" button, choose AAAA from a small drop-down options menu inside the pop-up that'll show up, input or paste the required IPv6 address and save the modification - it is as simple as that. The new record will be 100% functioning within no more than one hour and the hostname which you have created it for shall start opening whatever content you have with the other provider. If needed, you will also be able to modify the TTL (Time To Live) value, which signifies the time in seconds the new record will be working after you eventually change it to something different or you simply delete it.

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 features only a couple of very simple steps, which you'll be able to find in the Help section of your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel as well. You will need to select the hostname for which the new record is going to be created from a drop-down menu where you will find your domain addresses and subdomains. Creating the new AAAA record is as basic as selecting the one that you need and entering the IPv6 address for it. This is done with no more than a few clicks, so you can easily point any hostname to a different service provider by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they provide. It's going to take just a few seconds for the new record to be working and only about an hour for it to propagate around the globe, so you will be done in no time. The other provider may also request you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, that's different from the default one - 3600 seconds. This feature outlines 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.