Each device that is connected to the web has a distinctive identifier referred to as IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computer systems, web servers, smartphones, switches, and so on. The pool of addresses, which was introduced at first, is already distributed, so the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are steadily getting replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain name which opens an internet site has an IP record, that is the address of the server where it's hosted. With the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it is made up of four sets of numbers from 1 to 255 separated by a dot, while in the IPv6 system it is called AAAA and it is comprised of 8 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 significantly larger amount of IPs when compared with the IPv4 format.
AAAA Records in Hosting
If you use a service with a third-party service provider and you've got to create an AAAA record to point a domain name or a subdomain to their system, you're going to be able to do that with only a few clicks via the Hepsia Control Panel, supplied with all our hosting plans. As soon as you log in, you will need to go to the DNS Records section in which you are going to find all the records for every domain or subdomain hosted inside the account. Setting up a new record is as simple as clicking on a button, picking the type from a drop-down menu, that is to be AAAA in this case, and then typing the value, or the actual IPv6 address, within a text box. As an added option you could edit the TTL value (Time To Live), that specifies how long the record is live after you modify it or erase it in the future. The new AAAA record will be working in just an hour and will propagate around the world a couple of hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start directing to the new hosting server.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Setting up a new AAAA record is extremely easy using our user-friendly Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so if you host a domain inside a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you want such a record either for it or for a subdomain which you have set up under it, you'll be able to create it within a few very simple steps and without any hassle. Hepsia features a section dedicated to the DNS records of your domains where you can find all current records or create new ones with several mouse clicks. All it takes to achieve that is to choose the domain/subdomain that you would like to change, select AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and input the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address that the other company has given you. Within an hour after you save the modification, the newly created record will propagate worldwide and your domain address will start forwarding to the third-party web server. If they demand it, you may also change the TTL value, which outlines the time this record is going to be operating with its existing value before a new one kicks in if you make any adjustments in the future.