Each device that's connected to the Internet has a unique identifier named IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes PCs, web servers, smartphones, switches, etcetera. The pool of IPs, which was introduced at first, is already distributed, therefore 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's hosted. Using the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it is comprised of four sets of numbers from 1 to 255 separated by a dot, while in the IPv6 system it's called AAAA and it is comprised of 8 groups of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this sort of records use numbers from 0 to 9 and letters from A to F. A good example of an AAAA record is 2010:0c48:43d3:2142:1012:8c3a:2475:2435 and this format can handle a considerably larger number of IPs in comparison with the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Creating a new AAAA record for a domain or a subdomain hosted inside a semi-dedicated server from our company features only a few really easy steps, which you'll be able to find inside the Help section of your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel as well. You will have to pick the hostname for which the new record will be created from a drop-down menu where you will find all of your domain addresses and subdomains. Creating the new AAAA record is as basic as picking out the one that you need and inputting the IPv6 address for it. This is accomplished with no more than several mouse clicks, so you can effortlessly direct any hostname to a different service provider by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they offer. It's going to take seconds for the new record to be live and just around an hour for it to propagate world-wide, so you will be done in no time. The other provider could also request you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, that's different from the default one - 3600 seconds. This feature shows how long it will take for any new value which you set for your record to take effect while the old value is still active.