Every device that is connected to the Internet has a unique identifier known as IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes personal computers, web servers, smartphones, switches, etc. The pool of IP addresses, which was introduced originally, has been distributed, so the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are slowly being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain that opens an internet site comes with an IP record, that is the address of the server where it is hosted. When using the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it consists of 4 sets of numbers from 1 to 255 separated with a dot, while with the IPv6 system it's called AAAA and it is made up of 8 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 works with a significantly larger amount of IPs than the IPv4 format.
AAAA Records in Cloud Website Hosting
The cutting-edge Hepsia web hosting CP, provided with our cloud website hosting, will permit you to create a new AAAA record easily. When you're within 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 create the AAAA record is to click on the New Record button, to select the domain/subdomain in question, pick AAAA after which only enter or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We have a step-by-step guide if you have never created records for your domain addresses, but it is less likely that you'll need it as Hepsia is much easier to work with than compared with other Control Panels available on the market. Within an hour your new record shall be working and your domain address will start resolving to the servers of the other provider. Additionally, there is an option to change the TTL value, which outlines how long this record is going to be working if you edit it, from the default 3600 seconds to any value the other service provider may require.