Every device that is connected to the Internet has a distinctive identifier named IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computers, web servers, smartphones, switches, etc. The pool of IPs, that was introduced originally, is already distributed, therefore the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are slowly being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain that opens an internet site comes with 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 made up of 4 sets of numbers from 1 to 255 split up by a dot, while within the IPv6 system it is called AAAA and it consists of 8 sets 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 amount of IPs when compared with the IPv4 format.
AAAA Records in Shared Hosting
If you would like to create a new AAAA record for any domain address or subdomain hosted inside your shared hosting account, it won't take you more than a few easy steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel is quite intuitive to use and it'll enable you to set up or modify every record with ease. When you log in and navigate to the DNS Records section, where you can find all present records for your domain addresses and subdomains, you will only have to click the "New" button, choose AAAA from a small drop-down options menu within the pop-up which will appear, input or paste the necessary IPv6 address and save the modification - it is as easy as that. The new record shall be 100% functioning within no more than 1 hour and the hostname you have created it for is going to 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 shows the time in seconds the new record will be working after you eventually edit it to something different or you simply erase it.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
When you have a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you ought to create an AAAA record for a domain you have hosted in it or a subdomain you have created, it is going to take you only a few clicks inside the Hepsia Control Panel to accomplish this. Even though you may have never had a hosting account before, you'll not encounter any problems as you will use a very simple and intuitive interface. All DNS records for your domain addresses are going to be listed in a section of the CP with the exact same name, so once you go there, you'll see all records that have been set up automatically or manually and you'll be able to set up a new one by simply clicking on the corresponding button. A little pop-up shall appear, so with a few mouse clicks you can pick the type of record you require and for which Internet domain or subdomain it will be created. Next, just paste the IPv6 address within a text box, save the modification and one hour later the new AAAA record is going to be fully active. As an optional setting, you can choose the length of time this record shall be operating 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 service provider needs it.