Every single device that's connected to the world wide web has a special identifier named IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computer systems, web servers, smart phones, switches, etc. The pool of addresses, which was introduced originally, has already been distributed, hence the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are progressively getting replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain that opens an internet site has an IP record, that is the address of the server where it's hosted. Using the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it consists of 4 groups of numbers from 1 to 255 split up with a dot, while within the IPv6 system it is called AAAA and it is comprised of eight groups of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this type 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 is designed for a considerably larger number of IPs than the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Cloud Website Hosting

If you are using a service through a third-party company and you have to create an AAAA record to forward a domain name or a subdomain to their system, you'll be able to do that with a few clicks via the Hepsia Control Panel, supplied with all our cloud website hosting solutions. When you sign in, you need to proceed to the DNS Records section where you are going to find all of the records for any domain or subdomain hosted inside the account. Setting up a new record is as basic as clicking on a button, choosing the type from a drop-down menu, that is to be AAAA in this case, and then entering the value, or the actual IPv6 address, within a text box. As an additional option you could change the TTL value (Time To Live), which specifies how long the record is going to be functioning after you modify it or erase it in the future. The new AAAA record will be working in only an hour and will propagate around the world a few hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start redirecting to the new server.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Creating a new AAAA record is incredibly easy using our user-friendly Hepsia hosting CP, so if you host a domain address within a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you need such a record either for it or for a subdomain which you have created under it, you will be able to create it in just a few simple steps and with no hassle. Hepsia includes a section devoted to the DNS records of your domains in which you can find all existing records or set up new ones with several clicks. All it takes to do this is to select the domain/subdomain that you'd like to modify, choose AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and enter the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address the other provider has given you. Within an hour after you save the modification, the new record is going to propagate globally and your domain name will start pointing to the third-party web server. If they need it, you may also modify the TTL value, which reveals the time this record shall be operating with its present value before a new one takes over if you make any modifications in the future.