Every single device that is connected to the Internet has a specific identifier referred to as IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes personal computers, web servers, smart phones, switches, etcetera. The pool of IP addresses, which was introduced initially, is already distributed, hence the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are slowly getting replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain which opens an internet site has an IP record, that is the address of the server where it is hosted. With the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it is made up of 4 sets of numbers from 1 to 255 divided by a dot, while in the IPv6 system it's called AAAA and it is made up of eight 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 supports a substantially bigger number of IPs than the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Website Hosting

The state-of-the-art Hepsia web hosting CP, included with our website hosting, will permit you to set up a new AAAA record without difficulty. When you are in the account and you visit the DNS Records section, you'll find all records that you have for any hosted domain name or a subdomain under it. All it takes to set up the AAAA record is to click on the New Record button, to select the domain/subdomain in question, select AAAA after which just enter or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We've got a step-by-step guide if you've never created records for your domain names, but it is unlikely that you will need it as Hepsia is much simpler to work with compared with other Control Panels on the market. Within an hour your new record will be active and your domain will start resolving to the servers of the other provider. There is also an option to change the TTL value, which outlines how long this record will be working if you modify it, from the default 3600 seconds to any value the other service provider may require.