Every single device that's connected to the web has a distinctive identifier called IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes personal computers, web servers, smart phones, switches, etc. The pool of addresses, that was introduced originally, has been distributed, therefore the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are steadily getting replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain name that opens a site has an IP record, that is the address of the server where it is hosted. Using the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it is comprised of 4 groups of numbers from 1 to 255 separated using a dot, while in the IPv6 system it's called AAAA and it consists of eight groups of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this sort 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 larger number of IPs when compared with the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Shared Hosting

If you'd like to create a new AAAA record for any domain address or subdomain hosted inside your shared hosting account, it is not going to take you more than a couple of basic steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel is very intuitive to use and it'll permit you to create or edit every single record without difficulty. When you log in and navigate to the DNS Records section, where you can find all current records for your domains and subdomains, you'll only have to click the "New" button, choose AAAA from a small drop-down options menu within the pop-up that will appear, input or paste the needed IPv6 address and save the change - it is as basic as that. The new record will be 100% live within only one hour and the hostname that 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 signifies the time in seconds that the new record will be functioning after you eventually modify it to something different or you simply erase it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

As our leading-edge cloud web hosting platform supports AAAA records, you will be able to create one easily for any domain or subdomain you host in a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record is going to propagate within the hour, so you can start using the services of any other company you forward the domain/subdomain to in no time. You can create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel where you will also find all of the other records that were set up automatically or you have created manually in the past. The set up of the new AAAA record is as simple as selecting the needed domain name or subdomain and the AAAA type through simple drop-down menus, entering the IPv6 address within a text box and saving the modification. You are going to be able to modify the record at any time if necessary. Assuming the other company demands a certain TTL value for the new record, you will be able to change this setting too. The Time To Live option specifies how long an existing record will continue operating after you change it or delete it and the time is in seconds.