Every single device that's connected to the Internet has a special identifier called IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes PCs, web servers, smart phones, switches, and so on. The pool of IP addresses, that was introduced originally, has already been distributed, hence the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are gradually getting replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain name that opens an internet site comes with an IP record, which is the address of the server where it's hosted. Using the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it consists of four sets of numbers from 1 to 255 separated by a dot, while with the IPv6 system it is called AAAA and it is comprised of eight groups of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this kind 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 can handle a significantly greater amount of IPs when compared with the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Cloud Web Hosting

If you need to set up a new AAAA record a domain or subdomain hosted in your cloud web hosting account, it is not going to take you more than a couple of easy steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia CP is very intuitive to use and it will permit you to create or edit every record easily. When you sign in and navigate to the DNS Records section, where you can find all present records for your domain names and subdomains, you'll only have to click the "New" button, choose AAAA from a small drop-down options menu inside the pop-up which will show up, enter or paste the needed IPv6 address and save the modification - it is as easy as that. The new record shall be fully active within no more than 1 hour and the hostname that you have created it for will start opening whatever content you have with the other provider. If needed, you'll also be able to modify the TTL (Time To Live) value, which signifies the time in seconds the new record will be active after you eventually edit it to something different or you simply delete it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

As our innovative cloud hosting platform supports AAAA records, you'll be able to create one easily for every domain address or subdomain you host in a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record will propagate within the hour, so that you can start using the services of any other service provider you direct the domain/subdomain to right away. You can create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia hosting CP where you will also find all the other records that were created automatically or you have set up manually previously. The set up of the new AAAA record is as easy as selecting the needed domain name or subdomain and the AAAA type through simple drop-down menus, entering the IPv6 address in a text box and saving the modification. You'll be able to change the record anytime if needed. If the other company requires a certain TTL value for the new record, you will be able to change this setting also. The Time To Live option determines how long an existing record will continue working after you change it or delete it and the time is in seconds.