Every single device that's connected to the world wide web has a special identifier known as IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computers, web servers, smart phones, switches, and so on. The pool of addresses, that was introduced originally, has already been distributed, so the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are progressively being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain 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 is comprised of four sets of numbers from 1 to 255 separated using a dot, while with the IPv6 system it is called AAAA and it is comprised of eight sets of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this kind 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 significantly larger number of IPs in comparison with the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting

If you need to set up a new AAAA record a domain name or subdomain hosted in your cloud hosting account, it is not going to take you more than a few simple steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia CP is rather intuitive to use and it will permit you to create or change every single record effortlessly. Once you sign in and go to the DNS Records section, where you can find all existing records for your domain names and subdomains, you'll just have to click on the "New" button, pick out AAAA from a small drop-down menu within the pop-up that will appear, type or paste the needed IPv6 address and save the change - it's as basic as that. The new record will be fully working within no more than an hour and the hostname which you have created it for shall start opening whatever content you have with the other provider. When required, you will also be able to change the TTL (Time To Live) value, which signifies the time in seconds the new record will be live after you eventually edit it to something different or you simply delete it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Setting up a new AAAA record for a domain address or a subdomain hosted inside a semi-dedicated server from our company involves only a few very simple steps, that you will be able to find inside the Help section of your Hepsia hosting CP as well. You'll have to select 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 easy 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 easily direct any hostname to a different service provider by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they offer. It will take mere seconds for the new record to be active and only about an hour for it to propagate globally, 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 default one - 3600 seconds. This feature shows how long it will take for any new value which you set for your record to take effect as the old value is still active.