Each device that is connected to the web has a specific identifier called IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computers, web servers, smartphones, switches, etc. The pool of IPs, that was introduced at first, is already distributed, therefore the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are slowly being 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. Using the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it is comprised of 4 sets of numbers from 1 to 255 split up by a dot, while in the IPv6 system it's called AAAA and it comprises of eight groups of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this type 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 can handle a significantly bigger amount of IPs when compared with the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Hosting

If you use a service through a third-party provider and you need to create an AAAA record to forward a domain name or a subdomain to their system, you're going to be able to do that with a couple of mouse clicks within the Hepsia Control Panel, which comes with our hosting solutions. As soon as you log in, you need to visit the DNS Records section where you will find all the records for every domain 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 will be AAAA in this case, and then inputting the value, or the actual IPv6 address, inside a text box. As an extra option you could change the TTL value (Time To Live), which specifies how long the record is going to be functioning after you modify it or delete it in the future. The new AAAA record is going to be functioning in just an hour and will propagate globally two or three hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start forwarding to the new server.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Creating a new AAAA record is incredibly easy with our user-friendly Hepsia hosting CP, so if you host a domain name within a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you want such a record either for it or for a subdomain that you've set up under it, you are going to be able to create it in just a few quite simple steps and without any hassle. Hepsia has a section dedicated to the DNS records of your domains where you can find all current records or set up new ones with a few clicks. All it takes to accomplish this is to select the domain/subdomain you want to modify, choose AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and input the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address the other company has given you. Within an hour after you save the modification, the newly created record is going to propagate globally and your Internet domain will start forwarding to the third-party web server. If they demand it, you can also change the TTL value, which shows the time this record will be functioning with its current value before a new one takes over if you make any adjustments in the future.