Every single device that's connected to the Internet has a specific identifier called IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes PCs, web servers, smartphones, switches, etcetera. The pool of IPs, which was introduced originally, has been distributed, so the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are steadily being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain name that opens a site 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 four sets of numbers from 1 to 255 split up using a dot, while with the IPv6 system it's called AAAA and it is made up of 8 sets of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this type of records use digits 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 can handle a significantly greater number of IPs than the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Shared Hosting

If you need to set up a new AAAA record a domain address or subdomain hosted in your shared hosting account, it won't take you more than a few basic steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia CP is quite intuitive to use and it will permit you to create or modify any record without difficulty. When you log in and navigate to the DNS Records section, where you can find all present records for your domain names and subdomains, you'll simply have to click on the "New" button, pick out AAAA from a small drop-down options menu inside the pop-up that'll show up, type or paste the necessary IPv6 address and save the change - it's as easy as that. The new record shall be fully functioning within a maximum of one hour and the hostname which you have created it for shall start opening whatever content you have with the other provider. When required, you will also be able to edit the TTL (Time To Live) value, which indicates the time in seconds the new record will be live after you eventually modify it to something different or you simply remove it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

As our advanced cloud hosting platform supports AAAA records, you're going to be able to create one easily for every domain or subdomain which you host in a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record is going to propagate within the hour, to enable you to start using the services of any other company you forward the domain/subdomain to right away. You can create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia website hosting CP in which you will also find all the other records that were set up automatically or you have created manually before. The creation of the new AAAA record is as easy as picking out the needed domain name or subdomain and the AAAA type from simple drop-down menus, inputting the IPv6 address inside a text box and saving the modification. You're going to be able to modify the record at any time if needed. Assuming the other service provider demands a particular TTL value for the new record, you'll be able to edit this setting as well. The Time To Live option defines how long an existing record will continue functioning after you edit it or remove it and the time is in seconds.