Every single device which is connected to the Internet has a unique identifier known as IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes personal computers, web servers, smart phones, switches, etcetera. The pool of addresses, that was introduced initially, has been distributed, hence the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are slowly being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain that opens a website comes with 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 four 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 groups of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this type 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 larger amount of IPs when compared with the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Hosting

The highly developed Hepsia website hosting Control Panel, included with our hosting, allows you to create a new AAAA record effortlessly. When you are inside the account and you go to the DNS Records section, you'll find all records you have for any hosted domain name or a subdomain under it. All it takes to set up the AAAA record is to click the New Record button, to select the domain/subdomain in question, choose AAAA after which just type or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We also have a step-by-step guide if you have never created records for your domain addresses, but it's unlikely that you will need it as Hepsia is much simpler to make use of in comparison with other Control Panels available on the market. Within an hour your new record will be active and your domain name will start resolving to the servers of the other service provider. Additionally, there is an option to change the TTL value, which outlines how long this record will be functioning if you update it, from the standard 3600 seconds to any value which the other provider may require.