Each device which is connected to the web has a specific identifier known as IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computers, web servers, smart phones, switches, etcetera. The pool of addresses, which was introduced originally, has already been distributed, therefore the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are gradually getting replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain that opens an internet site has an IP record, that is the address of the server where it's hosted. When using the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it consists of four sets of numbers from 1 to 255 divided with a dot, while within the IPv6 system it's called AAAA and it consists of eight groups of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this type 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 can handle a substantially larger amount of IPs compared with the IPv4 format.
AAAA Records in Cloud Hosting
The state-of-the-art Hepsia hosting CP, bundled with our cloud hosting, will permit you to create a new AAAA record effortlessly. When you are within the account and you go to the DNS Records section, you'll discover all records that you have for every hosted domain name or a subdomain under it. All it takes to create the AAAA record is to click on the New Record button, to choose the domain/subdomain in question, select AAAA and then simply type in 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's unlikely that you will need it as Hepsia is much simpler to make use of than other Control Panels available. Within an hour your new record is going to be live and your domain name shall start resolving to the servers of the other provider. Additionally, there is an option to edit the TTL value, which determines how long this record is going to be functioning if you update it, from the standard 3600 seconds to any value the other company may require.