Each device which is connected to the world wide web has a special identifier named IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes personal computers, web servers, smartphones, switches, etc. The pool of IP addresses, which was introduced originally, is already distributed, hence the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are slowly getting replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain that opens a website has 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 is comprised of four sets of numbers from 1 to 255 separated using a dot, while in the IPv6 system it's called AAAA and it consists 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 can handle a significantly greater amount of IPs when compared with the IPv4 format.
AAAA Records in Hosting
The advanced Hepsia website hosting Control Panel, included with our hosting, allows you to set up a new AAAA record without difficulty. When you are inside the account and you navigate to the DNS Records section, you will find 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 select the domain/subdomain in question, choose AAAA then only type in or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We have a step-by-step guide if you've never created records for your domain addresses, but it is less likely that you will need it as Hepsia is much simpler to work with compared with other Control Panels available on the market. Within an hour your new record shall be active and your domain address shall start resolving to the servers of the other service provider. Additionally, there is an option to change the TTL value, which outlines how long this record will be working if you change it, from the standard 3600 seconds to any value the other service provider may require.