Each device that is connected to the world wide web has a special identifier known as IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes personal computers, web servers, smart phones, switches, etcetera. The pool of IP addresses, which was introduced at first, has already been distributed, therefore the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are progressively being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain that opens a website has an IP record, which is the address of the server where it's hosted. Using the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it is comprised of four groups of numbers from 1 to 255 split up with a dot, while in the IPv6 system it is called AAAA and it consists 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 works with a substantially larger amount of IPs than the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Shared Website Hosting

If you would like to create a new AAAA record a domain name 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 Control Panel is very intuitive to use and it'll enable you to set up or edit any record effortlessly. Once you log in and go to the DNS Records section, where you can find all current records for your domain names and subdomains, you will just have to click on the "New" button, pick out AAAA from a small drop-down options menu in the pop-up which will show up, input or paste the needed IPv6 address and save the modification - it's as basic as that. The new record will be fully functioning within a maximum of an hour and the hostname which you have created it for shall start opening whatever content you have with the other provider. If needed, you'll also be able to modify the TTL (Time To Live) value, which reveals the time in seconds which the new record will be active after you eventually change it to something different or you simply erase it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Creating a new AAAA record for a domain name or a subdomain hosted inside a semi-dedicated server from our company includes only a few very easy steps, that you will be able to find inside the Help section of your Hepsia hosting CP as well. You'll need to pick the hostname for which the new record will be created from a drop-down menu in which you will find all your domains and subdomains. Creating the new AAAA record is as basic as picking out the one that you need and inputting the IPv6 address for it. This is done with no more than a couple of mouse clicks, so you can effortlessly point any hostname to a different service provider by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they supply. It's going to take seconds for the new record to be active and only around an hour for it to propagate around the globe, so you'll be done in no time. The other service provider may also request you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, that's different from the standard one - 3600 seconds. This feature reveals how long it will take for any new value that you set for your record to take effect as the old value is still active.