Every device that's connected to the world wide web has a special identifier known as IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes PCs, web servers, smart phones, switches, and so on. The pool of addresses, that was introduced at first, has been distributed, so the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are slowly getting replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain that opens a website has an IP record, which is the address of the server where it's 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 with the IPv6 system it is called AAAA and it comprises 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 supports a considerably bigger number of IPs than the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Cloud Website Hosting

The state-of-the-art Hepsia hosting CP, included with our cloud website hosting, will allow you to create a new AAAA record without difficulty. Once you are within the account and you navigate to the DNS Records section, you will find all records you have for any hosted domain address or a subdomain under it. All it takes to create the AAAA record is to click the New Record button, to choose the domain/subdomain in question, select AAAA then just enter or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We have a step-by-step guide if you have never created records for your domain addresses, but it's extremely unlikely that you'll need it as Hepsia is much easier to employ in comparison with other Control Panels available. Within an hour your new record is going to be active and your domain name will start resolving to the servers of the other service provider. In addition, there’s an option to modify the TTL value, which determines how long this record will be active if you edit it, from the default 3600 seconds to any value which the other company may require.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

As our sophisticated cloud hosting platform supports AAAA records, you're going to be able to create one easily for any domain or subdomain which you host within a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record is going to propagate within the hour, to enable you to start using the services of any other provider you point the domain/subdomain to in no time. You could create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia website hosting CP where you will also find all of the other records that were created automatically or you have created manually previously. The creation 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, typing the IPv6 address within a text box and saving the modification. You'll be able to change the record anytime if needed. If the other company demands a certain TTL value for the new record, you'll be able to change this setting too. The Time To Live option determines how long an existing record will keep functioning after you change it or erase it and the time is in seconds.