Every device that is connected to the world wide web has a specific identifier referred to as IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computer systems, web servers, smart phones, switches, etc. The pool of IP addresses, which was introduced originally, has been distributed, hence the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are progressively 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. Using the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it comprises of four groups of numbers from 1 to 255 separated by a dot, while with the IPv6 system it is called AAAA and it is comprised of eight groups of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this kind 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 works with a significantly greater number of IPs when compared with the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Cloud Web Hosting

If you would like to create a new AAAA record for any domain or subdomain hosted inside your cloud web hosting account, it will not take you more than a couple of basic steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia CP is very intuitive to use and is going to enable you to set up or edit every record effortlessly. After you sign in and navigate to the DNS Records section, where you'll discover all present records for your domain names and subdomains, you'll simply have to click the "New" button, select AAAA from a small drop-down options menu inside the pop-up that will show up, input or paste the required IPv6 address and save the modification - it's as easy as that. The new record will be 100% working within no more than one hour and the hostname that you have created it for shall start opening whatever content you have with the other provider. If required, you are also going to be able to change the TTL (Time To Live) value, which signifies the time in seconds which the new record will be live 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 address or a subdomain hosted inside a semi-dedicated server from our company involves only a few very simple steps, which you'll be able to find in the Help section of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel as well. You will have to choose the hostname for which the new record is going to be created from a drop-down menu in which you will find all of your domain names and subdomains. Setting up the new AAAA record is as easy as picking out the one that you need and entering the IPv6 address for it. This is accomplished with no more than a few mouse clicks, so you can very easily forward any hostname to a different provider by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they provide. It takes seconds for the new record to be active and only around an hour for it to propagate worldwide, so you'll be done in no time. The other company could also require you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, that's different from the default one - 3600 seconds. This feature determines how long it will take for any new value that you set for your record to take effect while the old value is still active.