Every device that's connected to the Internet has a distinctive identifier named IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes PCs, web servers, smart phones, switches, etcetera. The pool of addresses, which was introduced originally, is already distributed, hence the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are gradually being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain name which opens an internet site has an IP record, which is the address of the server where it's hosted. Using the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it comprises of four groups of numbers from 1 to 255 separated using a dot, while in the IPv6 system it's called AAAA and it is comprised of 8 sets 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 supports a significantly larger amount of IPs compared with the IPv4 format.
AAAA Records in Website Hosting
The cutting-edge Hepsia hosting CP, bundled with our website hosting, will allow you to create a new AAAA record easily. When you're inside the account and you navigate to the DNS Records section, you will discover all records that you have for any hosted domain name or a subdomain under it. All it takes to create the AAAA record is to click the New Record button, to select the domain/subdomain in question, pick AAAA and then just enter or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We've got a step-by-step guide if you have never created records for your domain names, but it's unlikely that you'll need it as Hepsia is much easier to employ compared with other Control Panels available on the market. Within an hour your new record is going to be live and your domain will start resolving to the servers of the other provider. Additionally, there is an option to modify the TTL value, which shows how long this record will be active if you update it, from the standard 3600 seconds to any value that the other provider may require.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
When you've got a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you have to create an AAAA record for a domain you have hosted in it or a subdomain you've set up, it will take you just a few clicks inside the Hepsia Control Panel to do that. Even though you may have never had a web hosting account before, you'll not encounter any problems as you will use a very simple and easy-to-use interface. All DNS records for your domain addresses will be listed in a section of the CP with the same name, so when you go there, you will see all records which have been created automatically or manually and you'll be able to create a new one by simply clicking the corresponding button. A compact pop-up shall appear, so with just a couple of mouse clicks you can pick the type of record that you need and for which domain name or subdomain it will be created. Then, just paste the IPv6 address in a text box, save the modification and one hour later the new AAAA record is going to be 100% functioning. As an optional setting, you can pick how long this record will be operating after you change it or erase it in the future. This is the so-called TTL, or Time To Live value of the record, which you can change from the standard 3600 seconds when the other service provider needs it.