Every device that's connected to the world wide web has a specific identifier named IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes PCs, web servers, smart phones, switches, and so on. The pool of addresses, which was introduced initially, has been distributed, so the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are steadily getting replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain that opens an internet site 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 made up of 4 groups of numbers from 1 to 255 split up with a dot, while with the IPv6 system it's called AAAA and it comprises of 8 sets of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this kind of records use digits from 0 to 9 and letters from A to F. An example of an AAAA record is 2010:0c48:43d3:2142:1012:8c3a:2475:2435 and this format works with a substantially larger number of IPs compared with the IPv4 format.
AAAA Records in Website Hosting
If you'd like to set up a new AAAA record a domain address or subdomain hosted within your website hosting account, it won't take you more than several basic steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia CP is rather intuitive to use and it'll permit you to create or edit every single record easily. Once you sign in and visit the DNS Records section, where you can find all present records for your domain addresses and subdomains, you'll simply have to click on the "New" button, pick AAAA from a small drop-down menu inside the pop-up which will appear, type or paste the necessary IPv6 address and save the change - it is as easy as that. The new record shall be fully working within a maximum of 1 hour and the hostname which you have created it for is going to start opening whatever content you have with the other company. When required, you'll also be able to change the TTL (Time To Live) value, which signifies the time in seconds the new record will be active after you eventually edit it to something different or you simply delete it.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Setting up a new AAAA record for a domain name or a subdomain hosted in a semi-dedicated server from our company features a few simple steps, which you will be able to find in the Help section of your Hepsia web hosting CP as well. You'll have to choose the hostname for which the new record will be created from a drop-down menu in which you will find all of your domain names and subdomains. Creating the new AAAA record is as simple as selecting 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 effortlessly point any hostname to a different provider by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they offer. It takes just a few seconds for the new record to be active and only about an hour for it to propagate around the globe, so you will be done in no time. The other company could also ask you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, that's different from the standard one - 3600 seconds. This feature outlines how long it will take for any new value you set for your record to take effect while the old value is still active.