Every single device that is connected to the web has a specific identifier referred to as IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computer systems, web servers, smart phones, switches, and so on. The pool of IPs, which was introduced at first, has already been distributed, so the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are steadily getting replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain name that opens a site comes with an IP record, that is the address of the server where it's hosted. With the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it is made up of 4 groups of numbers from 1 to 255 divided with a dot, while within the IPv6 system it is called AAAA and it is comprised 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 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 Shared Web Hosting

If you'd like to create a new AAAA record a domain or subdomain hosted in your shared web hosting account, it won't take you more than several simple steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia CP is rather intuitive to use and it will enable you to create or change any record without difficulty. When you log in and navigate to the DNS Records section, where you'll discover all existing records for your domain addresses and subdomains, you will just have to click the "New" button, pick AAAA from a small drop-down menu within the pop-up that'll appear, type or paste the needed IPv6 address and save the change - it is as simple as that. The new record shall be 100% active within only an hour and the hostname which you have created it for will start opening whatever content you have with the other company. When required, you'll also be able to edit the TTL (Time To Live) value, which signifies the time in seconds that the new record will be live after you eventually modify it to something different or you simply delete it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Setting up a new AAAA record for a domain name or a subdomain hosted in a semi-dedicated server from our company features only a few simple steps, that you will be able to find inside the Help section of your Hepsia website hosting CP as well. You will have to select the hostname for which the new record is going to be created from a drop-down menu where you will find all of your domain addresses and subdomains. Setting up the new AAAA record is as easy as selecting the one that you need and entering the IPv6 address for it. This is accomplished with no more than several clicks, so you can effortlessly direct any hostname to a different provider by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they offer. It will take just a few seconds for the new record to be functioning and just about an hour for it to propagate worldwide, so you will be done in no time. The other provider could also require you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, which is different from the default one - 3600 seconds. This feature reveals how long it will take for any new value you set for your record to take effect while the old value is still active.