Every device that is connected to the Internet has a specific identifier called IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes personal computers, web servers, smartphones, switches, etc. The pool of addresses, that was introduced initially, is already distributed, so the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are steadily getting replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain name that opens an internet site comes with an IP record, that is the address of the server where it is hosted. With the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it comprises of four sets of numbers from 1 to 255 separated by a dot, while within the IPv6 system it is called AAAA and it is comprised of 8 groups of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this kind of records use digits 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 supports a substantially larger number of IPs than the IPv4 format.
AAAA Records in Cloud Website Hosting
If you are using a service with a third-party service provider and you need to create an AAAA record to forward a domain or a subdomain to their system, you're going to be able to do that with a few clicks through the Hepsia Control Panel, supplied with our cloud website hosting packages. As soon as you sign in, you have to proceed to the DNS Records section in which you are going to find all records for any domain name or subdomain hosted within the account. Setting up a new record is as easy as clicking on a button, choosing the type from a drop-down options menu, that will be AAAA in this case, and then typing the value, or the actual IPv6 address, inside a text box. As an added option you are able to modify the TTL value (Time To Live), which specifies how long the record is functioning after you change it or delete it in the future. The new AAAA record will be live in just an hour and will propagate around the world two or three hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start forwarding to the new hosting server.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Setting up a new AAAA record for a domain name or a subdomain hosted inside a semi-dedicated server from our company features only a few very easy steps, which you'll be able to find inside the Help section of your Hepsia website hosting CP as well. You will have to pick the hostname for which the new record will be created from a drop-down menu in which you will find all of your domain addresses and subdomains. Setting up the new AAAA record is as easy as choosing the one that you need and inputting the IPv6 address for it. This is accomplished with no more than a few clicks, so you can easily direct any hostname to a different provider by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they supply. It will take just a few seconds for the new record to be working and just about an hour for it to propagate globally, so you'll be done in no time. The other service provider can also request you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, which is different from the default one - 3600 seconds. This feature outlines how long it will take for any new value which you set for your record to take effect while the old value is still active.