Every device that is connected to the web has a unique identifier known as IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computers, web servers, smartphones, switches, etc. The pool of addresses, that was introduced originally, has already been distributed, hence the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are gradually getting replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain name which opens a site comes with an IP record, which is the address of the server where it's hosted. With the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it is comprised of 4 groups of numbers from 1 to 255 divided using a dot, while with the IPv6 system it's called AAAA and it is comprised of eight sets of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this kind of records use digits 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 can handle a considerably bigger number of IPs when compared with the IPv4 format.
AAAA Records in Shared Hosting
If you are using a service with a third-party company and you have to set up an AAAA record to direct a domain or a subdomain to their system, you'll be able to do that with just a couple of clicks in the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with all our shared hosting plans. Once you sign in, you will need to proceed to the DNS Records section in which you will find all of the records for any domain address or subdomain hosted in the account. Setting up a new record is as easy as clicking on a button, picking the type from a drop-down options menu, which will be AAAA in this case, and then inputting the value, or the actual IPv6 address, inside a text box. As an extra option you could modify the TTL value (Time To Live), which outlines how long the record is active after you modify it or erase it in the future. The new AAAA record will be live in no more than an hour and will propagate around the world an hour or two later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start pointing to the new server.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
As our sophisticated cloud hosting platform supports AAAA records, you are going to be able to create one without difficulty for any domain name or subdomain that you host inside a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record will propagate within the hour, so that you can start using the services of any other service provider you forward the domain/subdomain to right away. You can create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel where you will also find all the other records that were set up automatically or you have set up manually previously. The set up of the new AAAA record is as basic as picking out the needed domain or subdomain and the AAAA type from simple drop-down menus, inputting the IPv6 address in a text box and saving the modification. You'll be able to edit the record at any time if required. In case the other company demands a specific TTL value for the new record, you will be able to modify this setting as well. The Time To Live option outlines how long an existing record will keep operating after you change it or remove it and the time is in seconds.