Every single device that is connected to the web has a distinctive identifier named IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computer systems, web servers, smart phones, switches, etc. The pool of addresses, which was introduced at first, is already distributed, so the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are progressively being 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. With the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it is comprised of 4 sets of numbers from 1 to 255 divided using a dot, while within the IPv6 system it is called AAAA and it is made up 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 substantially bigger number of IPs compared with the IPv4 format.
AAAA Records in Hosting
The advanced Hepsia website hosting Control Panel, provided with our hosting, will allow you to set up a new AAAA record effortlessly. When you're within the account and you navigate to the DNS Records section, you'll discover all records you have for any hosted domain address or a subdomain under it. All it takes to create the AAAA record is to click the New Record button, to choose the domain/subdomain in question, pick AAAA and then only input or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We've got a step-by-step guide if you've never created records for your domain addresses, but it's unlikely that you will need it as Hepsia is much simpler to work with compared with other Control Panels available. Within an hour your new record is going to be functioning and your domain address will start resolving to the servers of the other service provider. There's also an option to change the TTL value, which shows how long this record will be working if you modify it, from the standard 3600 seconds to any value that the other company may require.