Each device which is connected to the world wide web has a special identifier known as IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes personal computers, web servers, smartphones, switches, and so on. The pool of IPs, which was introduced initially, has been distributed, hence the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are progressively getting replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain name that opens an internet site has 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 sets of numbers from 1 to 255 split up by a dot, while within the IPv6 system it's called AAAA and it is made up of eight groups of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this kind of records use digits 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 works with a considerably bigger number of IPs in comparison with the IPv4 format.
AAAA Records in Hosting
If you want to use a domain name or a subdomain which you have in a hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you ought to create an AAAA record for that, it will not take you more than just a few clicks to do that by using our powerful, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel. As soon as you navigate to the DNS Records section and click on the Create a New Record button, a little pop-up will show up. This is the place in which you can set up any DNS record, so you just have to choose the needed domain address or subdomain and the type of record from drop-down menus and enter the IPv6 address, that is the actual record. Even if you have zero experience with such matters, you'll not have any difficulties as Hepsia is incredibly intuitive and your new AAAA record is going to propagate within the hour, so that you can start using your domain/subdomain with the other company. In case they demand it, you'll also be able to change the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, determining how long it's going to stay active in the global DNS system after you change it or delete it.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Setting up a new AAAA record for a domain or a subdomain hosted within a semi-dedicated server from our company includes a few really easy steps, which you will be able to find within the Help section of your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel as well. You'll have to select the hostname for which the new record is going to be created from a drop-down menu where you will find all your domain names 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 done with no more than a couple of clicks, so you can very easily forward any hostname to a different provider by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they supply. It takes just a few seconds for the new record to be functioning and only about an hour for it to propagate world-wide, so you'll be done in no time. The other company may also request you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, that's different from the standard 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.