Every device that is connected to the web has a special identifier known as IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes PCs, web servers, smartphones, switches, etc. The pool of IP addresses, that was introduced initially, is already distributed, hence the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are gradually getting replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain which opens a website has an IP record, that is the address of the server where it is hosted. With the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it is made up of 4 sets of numbers from 1 to 255 split up using a dot, while in the IPv6 system it's called AAAA and it is comprised of 8 sets 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 is designed for a substantially greater number of IPs in comparison with the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Web Hosting

If you use a service through a third-party service provider and you've got to set up an AAAA record to forward a domain or a subdomain to their system, you'll be able to do that with a few mouse clicks within the Hepsia Control Panel, included with our web hosting solutions. After you sign in, you need to visit the DNS Records section where you are going to find all of the records for every domain name or subdomain hosted within the account. Setting up a new record is as simple as clicking on a button, choosing the type from a drop-down menu, that is to be AAAA in this case, and then typing the value, or the actual IPv6 address, inside a text box. As an extra option you can modify the TTL value (Time To Live), which specifies how long the record will be functioning after you modify it or delete it in the future. The new AAAA record is going to be functioning in just an hour and will propagate around the world an hour or two later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start directing to the new server.