Each device which is connected to the web has a unique identifier referred to as IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computers, web servers, smart phones, switches, and so on. The pool of addresses, which was introduced originally, is already distributed, therefore the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are steadily being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain name that opens a site has an IP record, which is the address of the server where it's hosted. When using the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it is made up of 4 sets of numbers from 1 to 255 split up with a dot, while within the IPv6 system it is called AAAA and it comprises 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 illustration of an AAAA record is 2010:0c48:43d3:2142:1012:8c3a:2475:2435 and this format supports a considerably bigger amount of IPs in comparison with the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Shared Hosting

If you need to set up a new AAAA record for any domain name or subdomain hosted in your shared hosting account, it won't take you more than several easy steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel is extremely intuitive to use and it'll permit you to set up or modify every single record without difficulty. As soon as you log in and visit the DNS Records section, where you'll discover all present records for your domains and subdomains, you will simply have to click on the "New" button, choose AAAA from a small drop-down menu within the pop-up which will appear, enter or paste the necessary IPv6 address and save the modification - it's as easy as that. The new record will be 100% active within a maximum of 1 hour and the hostname which you have created it for will start opening whatever content you have with the other provider. If required, you'll also be able to change the TTL (Time To Live) value, which reveals the time in seconds which the new record will be active after you eventually modify it to something different or you simply remove it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

When you have a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you have to set up an AAAA record for a domain you have hosted in it or a subdomain you've created, it will take you only a few mouse clicks within the Hepsia CP to do that. Even though you may have never had a hosting account before, you'll not experience any issues because you will use a very simple and intuitive interface. All of the DNS records for your domain addresses are going to be listed in a section of the Control Panel with the exact same name, so once you go there, you will notice all records which have been set up automatically or manually and you are going to be able to set up a new one by simply clicking the corresponding button. A little pop-up shall appear, so with only a few clicks you can select the type of record you need and for which Internet domain or subdomain it will be set up. Next, simply paste the IPv6 address within a text box, save the modification and an hour later the new AAAA record will be fully active. As an optional setting, you may choose the time this record shall be working after you modify it or erase it in the future. This is actually the so-called TTL, or Time To Live value of the record, which you can modify from the default 3600 seconds when the other provider requires it.