Each device which is connected to the web has a specific identifier called IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computer systems, web servers, smartphones, switches, and so on. The pool of addresses, which was introduced originally, has already been distributed, so the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are slowly being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain name that opens an internet site has 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 comprises of four groups of numbers from 1 to 255 separated using a dot, while within the IPv6 system it's called AAAA and it consists of eight groups of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this sort 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 supports a significantly greater amount of IPs when compared with the IPv4 format.
AAAA Records in Cloud Website Hosting
In order to use a domain address or a subdomain you have within a cloud website hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you need to set up an AAAA record for that, it is not going to take you more than just a few clicks to do this using our amazing, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia CP. After you navigate to the DNS Records section and then click the Create a New Record button, a small pop-up will appear. This is the spot where you could create any DNS record, so you simply have to pick the needed domain or subdomain and the type of record from drop-down navigation and enter the IPv6 address, that is the actual record. Even if you have no experience with such matters, you won't have any issues as Hepsia is quite intuitive and your new AAAA record is going to propagate within the hour, to enable you to start using your domain/subdomain with the other service provider. Provided they demand it, you'll also be able to change the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, determining how long it is going to remain active in the global DNS system after you edit it or remove it.