Every single device which 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, etc. The pool of IP addresses, that was introduced originally, has already been distributed, therefore the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are gradually getting replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain that opens a website has an IP record, which is the address of the server where it is hosted. When using the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it is made up of four groups of numbers from 1 to 255 separated with a dot, while within the IPv6 system it's called AAAA and it is made up of eight sets of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this kind 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 supports a considerably larger amount of IPs than the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Shared Hosting

If you need to create a new AAAA record a domain or subdomain hosted in your shared hosting account, it won't take you more than several simple steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia CP is quite intuitive to use and is going to allow you to set up or edit every record effortlessly. Once you sign in and go to the DNS Records section, where you'll discover all existing records for your domains and subdomains, you'll simply have to click the "New" button, pick AAAA from a small drop-down options menu inside the pop-up that will show up, input or paste the necessary IPv6 address and save the change - it's as simple as that. The new record shall be 100% active within a maximum of one hour and the hostname which you have created it for is going to start opening whatever content you have with the other company. When required, you'll also be able to change the TTL (Time To Live) value, which indicates the time in seconds the new record will be live after you eventually edit it to something different or you simply remove it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

Setting up a new AAAA record for a domain name or a subdomain hosted within a semi-dedicated server from our company features only a few very simple steps, which you'll be able to find inside the Help section of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel 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 your domains and subdomains. Setting up the new AAAA record is as simple as picking out the one that you need and typing in the IPv6 address for it. This is done with no more than a couple of mouse clicks, so you can quickly forward any hostname to a different service provider by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they supply. It takes seconds for the new record to be active and just around an hour for it to propagate worldwide, so you'll be done in no time. The other provider can also request you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, that is different from the default one - 3600 seconds. This feature outlines how long it will take for any new value you set for your record to take effect while the old value is still active.