Each device that's connected to the Internet has a unique identifier referred to as IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes personal computers, web servers, smart phones, switches, etcetera. The pool of IPs, which was introduced at first, has already been distributed, therefore the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are steadily getting replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain name that opens a site has an IP record, which is the address of the server where it's hosted. When using the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it consists of 4 groups of numbers from 1 to 255 divided using a dot, while within the IPv6 system it is called AAAA and it is comprised of 8 sets 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 substantially greater number of IPs than the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Shared Web Hosting

If you want to use a domain or a subdomain which you have in a shared web hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you ought to set up an AAAA record for that, it will not take you more than a few clicks to do that via our amazing, though easy-to-use Hepsia CP. Once you navigate to the DNS Records section and click the Create a New Record button, a small pop-up will appear. This is the spot in which you can set up any DNS record, so you simply have to choose the needed domain or subdomain and the type of record through drop-down options menu and input the IPv6 address, which is the actual record. Just in case you have no experience with such matters, you'll not have any troubles as Hepsia is incredibly intuitive and the new AAAA record will propagate within the hour, so that you can start using your domain/subdomain with the other provider. If they demand it, you will also be able to edit the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, outlining how long it is going to stay active in the global DNS system after you change it or erase it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Setting up a new AAAA record for a domain or a subdomain hosted inside a semi-dedicated server from our company features only a few simple steps, which you will be able to find in the Help section of your Hepsia website hosting CP as well. You will need to choose 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. Creating the new AAAA record is as simple as picking out the one that you need and inputting the IPv6 address for it. This is done with no more than several clicks, so you can effortlessly direct any hostname to a different provider by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they supply. It will take seconds for the new record to be active and just about an hour for it to propagate worldwide, so you will be done in no time. The other company could also ask you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, which is different from the standard one - 3600 seconds. This feature reveals how long it will take for any new value that you set for your record to take effect as the old value is still active.