Every single device that is connected to the web has a unique identifier known as IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computer systems, web servers, smartphones, switches, etcetera. The pool of IPs, that was introduced originally, has been distributed, hence the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are gradually being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain name that opens a website comes with 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 groups of numbers from 1 to 255 separated with a dot, while within the IPv6 system it's called AAAA and it consists of 8 groups of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this sort of records use digits from 0 to 9 and letters from A to F. A good example of an AAAA record is 2010:0c48:43d3:2142:1012:8c3a:2475:2435 and this format is designed for a considerably greater number of IPs than the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Shared Website Hosting

If you would like to set up a new AAAA record a domain address or subdomain hosted inside your shared website hosting account, it is not going to take you more than a few easy steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia CP is rather intuitive to use and it'll permit you to set up or change any record with ease. After you log in and visit the DNS Records section, where you can find all existing records for your domain addresses and subdomains, you'll simply have to click on the "New" button, pick AAAA from a small drop-down menu within the pop-up that'll show up, type or paste the necessary IPv6 address and save the modification - it's as basic as that. The new record shall be 100% functioning within only an hour and the hostname that you have created it for will start opening whatever content you have with the other provider. When required, you are also going to be able to edit the TTL (Time To Live) value, which shows the time in seconds the new record will be functioning after you eventually edit it to something different or you simply delete it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

When you have a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you need to create an AAAA record for a domain name you have hosted in it or a subdomain you've set up, it is going to take you just a few clicks within the Hepsia Control Panel to achieve that. In case you have never had a web hosting account before, you won't face any difficulties as you will use a very simple and easy-to-use interface. All of the DNS records for your domains are going to be listed in a section of the CP with the exact same name, so once you go there, you will see all records which have been set up automatically or manually and you're going to be able to create a new one by clicking on the corresponding button. A small pop-up will appear, so with only a couple of mouse clicks you can select the type of record you need and for which Internet domain or subdomain it's going to be created. After that, just paste the IPv6 address in a text box, save the change and one hour later the new AAAA record is going to be completely functioning. As an optional setting, you can pick how long this record is going to be working after you change 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 in case the other company needs it.