Every single device that's connected to the world wide web has a special identifier called IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computer systems, web servers, smartphones, switches, etcetera. The pool of IPs, which was introduced originally, has already been distributed, so the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are progressively being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain that opens an internet site comes with an IP record, which is the address of the server where it is hosted. Using the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it comprises of four groups of numbers from 1 to 255 divided with a dot, while within the IPv6 system it's called AAAA and it is made up of 8 groups of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this type of records use digits 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 considerably greater amount of IPs compared with the IPv4 format.
AAAA Records in Shared Website Hosting
If you need to set up a new AAAA record a domain address or subdomain hosted inside your shared website hosting account, it won't take you more than a few easy steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia CP is extremely intuitive to use and it will allow you to create or change any record without difficulty. Once you sign in and visit the DNS Records section, in which you'll discover all existing records for your domain addresses and subdomains, you'll simply have to click on the "New" button, select AAAA from a small drop-down options menu within the pop-up that'll show up, type or paste the needed IPv6 address and save the modification - it's as easy as that. The new record shall be fully working within only an hour and the hostname you have created it for shall start opening whatever content you have with the other provider. When required, you'll also be able to modify the TTL (Time To Live) value, which reveals the time in seconds the new record will be working after you eventually modify it to something different or you simply delete it.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
When you've got a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you ought to create an AAAA record for a domain name you have hosted in it or a subdomain you've created, it is going to take you just a few clicks in the Hepsia CP to achieve that. Even though you may have never had a website hosting account before, you'll not encounter any issues since you will use a very simple and user-friendly interface. All the DNS records for your domains will be listed in a section of the Control Panel with the same name, so when you go there, you will notice all records that have been created automatically or manually and you will be able to set up a new one by clicking on the corresponding button. A compact pop-up shall appear, so with just a couple of clicks you can choose the type of record you need and for which Internet domain or subdomain it's going to be created. Afterwards, just paste the IPv6 address within a text box, save the change and 1 hour later the new AAAA record is going to be fully active. As an optional setting, you can pick how long this record will be working after you modify it or remove it in the future. That is the so-called TTL, or Time To Live value of the record, which you can change from the default 3600 seconds in case the other provider needs it.