Each device which is connected to the web has a special identifier called IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computers, web servers, smart phones, switches, and so on. The pool of IPs, that was introduced originally, has been distributed, therefore the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are progressively being 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'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 divided by a dot, while within the IPv6 system it is called AAAA and it is made up of 8 sets of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this kind of records use digits from 0 to 9 and letters from A to F. An example of an AAAA record is 2010:0c48:43d3:2142:1012:8c3a:2475:2435 and this format works with a considerably larger amount of IPs than the IPv4 format.
AAAA Records in Cloud Web Hosting
If you want to create a new AAAA record a domain or subdomain hosted within your cloud web hosting account, it is not going to take you more than several simple steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia CP is rather intuitive to use and it will enable you to create or edit every single record easily. Once you sign in and visit the DNS Records section, in which you'll discover all present records for your domain addresses and subdomains, you'll simply have to click the "New" button, select AAAA from a small drop-down menu in the pop-up that will show up, type or paste the needed IPv6 address and save the modification - it is as easy as that. The new record shall be 100% functioning within a maximum of 1 hour and the hostname which you have created it for shall start opening whatever content you have with the other company. When required, you will also be able to edit the TTL (Time To Live) value, which indicates the time in seconds which the new record will be live after you eventually edit it to something different or you simply delete it.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
As our state-of-the-art cloud web hosting platform supports AAAA records, you'll be able to create one with no trouble for any domain address or subdomain you host inside a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record will propagate within the hour, so that you could start using the services of any other service provider you forward the domain/subdomain to right away. You could create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia hosting CP where you will also find all of the other records that were created automatically or you have created manually before. The set up of the new AAAA record is as easy as choosing the needed Internet domain or subdomain and the AAAA type from simple drop-down menus, entering the IPv6 address inside a text box and saving the modification. You'll be able to change the record at any time if necessary. In case the other service provider demands a certain TTL value for the new record, you will be able to change this setting also. The Time To Live option outlines how long an existing record will keep working after you modify it or remove it and the time is in seconds.