Each device that's connected to the world wide web has a special identifier known as IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computer systems, web servers, smartphones, switches, and so on. The pool of IPs, which was introduced at first, has already been distributed, hence the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are steadily being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain which opens a website has an IP record, that 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 4 groups of numbers from 1 to 255 split up by a dot, while with the IPv6 system it's called AAAA and it consists of 8 sets of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this type of records use digits 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 substantially greater number of IPs in comparison with the IPv4 format.
AAAA Records in Shared Hosting
If you want to use a domain or a subdomain which you have inside a shared hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you ought to create an AAAA record for that, it won't take you more than a few mouse clicks to do this through our effective, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel. Once you navigate to the DNS Records section and click the Create a New Record button, a compact pop-up will show up. This is the place in which you can create any DNS record, so you only have to choose the needed domain address or subdomain and the type of record through drop-down navigation and enter the IPv6 address, that’s the actual record. Just in case you have zero experience with such matters, you will not have any troubles as Hepsia is incredibly intuitive and the new AAAA record is going to propagate within the hour, so you can start using your domain/subdomain with the other company. In case they demand it, you are also going to be able to change the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, defining how long it'll stay active in the global DNS system after you edit it or delete it.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
As our cutting-edge cloud hosting platform supports AAAA records, you will be able to create one with no trouble for any domain address or subdomain that you host in 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 direct the domain/subdomain to right away. You could create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel where you will also find all other records that were set up automatically or you have created manually in the past. The creation of the new AAAA record is as basic as choosing the needed domain name or subdomain and the AAAA type via simple drop-down menus, inputting the IPv6 address inside a text box and saving the change. You'll be able to change the record at any time if needed. In case the other service provider needs a certain TTL value for the new record, you'll be able to change this setting as well. The Time To Live option specifies how long an existing record will continue working after you edit it or erase it and the time is in seconds.