Each device that's connected to the world wide web has a specific identifier referred to as IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes personal computers, web servers, smartphones, switches, etc. The pool of IPs, that was introduced initially, is already distributed, therefore the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are gradually being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain name that opens a site comes with an IP record, which 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 sets of numbers from 1 to 255 separated by 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 example of an AAAA record is 2010:0c48:43d3:2142:1012:8c3a:2475:2435 and this format supports a considerably greater number of IPs than the IPv4 format.
AAAA Records in Shared Hosting
If you'd like to set up a new AAAA record a domain name or subdomain hosted inside your shared hosting account, it is not going to take you more than a few basic steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia CP is extremely intuitive to use and it'll allow you to create or edit any record effortlessly. As soon as you log in and navigate to the DNS Records section, where you'll discover all present records for your domain addresses and subdomains, you'll just have to click on the "New" button, select AAAA from a small drop-down menu within the pop-up which will show up, enter or paste the needed IPv6 address and save the modification - it is as basic as that. The new record shall be 100% active within a maximum of one hour and the hostname which you have created it for will start opening whatever content you have with the other provider. If needed, you will also be able to edit the TTL (Time To Live) value, which indicates the time in seconds which the new record will be live after you eventually edit it to something different or you simply erase it.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
As our cutting-edge cloud hosting platform supports AAAA records, you are going to be able to create one with ease for any internet domain or subdomain which you host within a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record will propagate within the hour, so that you can start using the services of any other provider you point the domain/subdomain to in no time. You could create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel in which you will also find all other records that were set up automatically or you have set up manually in the past. The creation of the new AAAA record is as simple as choosing the needed domain or subdomain and the AAAA type from simple drop-down menus, typing the IPv6 address within a text box and saving the modification. You're going to be able to modify the record at any time if needed. In case the other provider demands a particular TTL value for the new record, you'll be able to modify this setting too. The Time To Live option outlines how long an existing record will keep operating after you edit it or erase it and the time is in seconds.