Every single device that is connected to the Internet has a special identifier referred to as IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computers, web servers, smart phones, switches, etc. The pool of IP addresses, which was introduced at first, has been distributed, so the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are gradually getting replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain name which opens a website comes with an IP record, which is the address of the server where it is hosted. Using the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it comprises of four groups of numbers from 1 to 255 divided with a dot, while in the IPv6 system it is called AAAA and it is made up of 8 groups of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this sort 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 greater amount of IPs than the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Shared Hosting

If you use a service through a third-party company and you need to set up an AAAA record to forward a domain name or a subdomain to their system, you're going to be able to do that with just a few clicks within the Hepsia Control Panel, provided with all our shared hosting plans. When you sign in, you will need to navigate to the DNS Records section where you will find all the records for every domain address or subdomain hosted within the account. Setting up a new record is as basic as clicking on a button, selecting the type from a drop-down options 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 additional option you are able to change the TTL value (Time To Live), that determines how long the record is going to be functioning after you modify it or erase it in the future. The new AAAA record is going to be active in no more than an hour and will propagate globally an hour or two later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start pointing to the new hosting server.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Setting up a new AAAA record for a domain address or a subdomain hosted inside a semi-dedicated server from our company features only a couple of very easy steps, which you will be able to find within the Help section of your Hepsia hosting CP as well. You'll need 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 domains and subdomains. Setting up the new AAAA record is as easy as choosing the one that you need and typing in the IPv6 address for it. This is accomplished with no more than a few clicks, so you can quickly point any hostname to a different company by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they offer. It will take just a few seconds for the new record to be active and only around an hour for it to propagate globally, so you'll be done in no time. The other company may also request you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, which is 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 while the old value is still active.