Every device that's connected to the web has a unique identifier called IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes personal computers, web servers, smartphones, switches, etcetera. The pool of IPs, that was introduced initially, has been distributed, therefore the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are slowly getting replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain name which opens a website comes with an IP record, which is the address of the server where it's hosted. With the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it is comprised of 4 groups of numbers from 1 to 255 separated with a dot, while within the IPv6 system it's called AAAA and it is comprised of eight sets of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this type 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 supports a significantly bigger amount of IPs when compared with the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Shared Website Hosting

If you'd like to create a new AAAA record for any domain address or subdomain hosted inside your shared website hosting account, it will not take you more than a few basic steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia CP is extremely intuitive to use and is going to allow you to set up or modify every record with ease. Once you log in and visit the DNS Records section, where you can find all existing records for your domain names and subdomains, you'll only have to click on the "New" button, choose AAAA from a small drop-down options menu in the pop-up which will appear, input or paste the required IPv6 address and save the modification - it is as simple as that. The new record will be fully active within a maximum of 1 hour and the hostname you have created it for is going to start opening whatever content you have with the other company. If necessary, you will also be able to edit the TTL (Time To Live) value, which signifies the time in seconds which the new record will be functioning after you eventually edit it to something different or you simply erase it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

Creating a new AAAA record is extremely easy with our user-friendly Hepsia hosting CP, so if you host a domain name in a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you need such a record either for it or for a subdomain which you have created under it, you're going to be able to create it in just a few quite simple steps and with no hassle. Hepsia includes a section devoted to the DNS records of your domain addresses in which you can find all current records or set up new ones with a couple of mouse clicks. All it takes to accomplish this is to pick the domain/subdomain you need to change, choose AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and input the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address which the other service provider has given you. Within an hour after you save the change, the new record will propagate worldwide and your domain will start pointing to the third-party server. If they require it, you can even edit the TTL value, which reveals the time this record shall be functioning with its existing value before a new one kicks in if you make any changes in the future.