Each device that is connected to the world wide web has a unique identifier named IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes personal computers, web servers, smart phones, switches, etc. The pool of IP addresses, that was introduced at first, is already distributed, therefore the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are steadily getting replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain which opens an internet site has an IP record, that is the address of the server where it's hosted. With the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it is made up of four sets of numbers from 1 to 255 divided using 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 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 supports a significantly greater amount of IPs in comparison with the IPv4 format.
AAAA Records in Web Hosting
If you'd like to use a domain address or a subdomain that you have in a web hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you need to create an AAAA record for that, it is not going to take you more than a few clicks to do that using our effective, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel. When you navigate to the DNS Records section and then click the Create a New Record button, a compact pop-up will appear. This is the area in which you can set up any DNS record, so you just have to pick the needed domain or subdomain and the type of record through drop-down navigation and enter the IPv6 address, that’s the actual record. Just in case you have no experience with such matters, you will not have any problems as Hepsia is quite intuitive and the new AAAA record will propagate within the hour, to enable you to start using your domain/subdomain with the other company. In case they require it, you're also going to be able to edit the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, determining how long it will remain active in the global DNS system after you change it or delete it.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Setting up a new AAAA record for a domain or a subdomain hosted in a semi-dedicated server from our company features only a couple of very easy steps, which you will be able to find in the Help section of your Hepsia hosting CP as well. You'll have to pick the hostname for which the new record is going to be created from a drop-down menu where you will find all your domain addresses 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 done with no more than several clicks, so you can very easily point any hostname to a different provider by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they supply. It's going to take seconds for the new record to be active and just about an hour for it to propagate world-wide, so you'll be done in no time. The other service provider may also request you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, which is different from the default one - 3600 seconds. This feature outlines how long it will take for any new value you set for your record to take effect as the old value is still active.