Every device that is connected to the world wide web has a specific identifier named IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computer systems, web servers, smartphones, switches, and so on. The pool of IP addresses, which was introduced initially, is already distributed, hence the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are slowly getting replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain name which opens an internet site comes with an IP record, that is the address of the server where it's hosted. When using the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it is comprised of four groups of numbers from 1 to 255 split up with a dot, while within the IPv6 system it's called AAAA and it comprises of eight sets of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this kind 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 can handle a considerably larger amount of IPs compared with the IPv4 format.
AAAA Records in Shared Website Hosting
If you'd like to set up a new AAAA record for any domain name or subdomain hosted inside your shared website hosting account, it will not take you more than several easy steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel is very intuitive to use and it will allow you to create or modify every single record effortlessly. When you log in and visit the DNS Records section, where you can find all current records for your domains and subdomains, you will simply have to click the "New" button, pick AAAA from a small drop-down options menu in the pop-up that'll appear, input or paste the required IPv6 address and save the modification - it's as basic as that. The new record shall be 100% functioning within a maximum of 1 hour and the hostname that you have created it for shall start opening whatever content you have with the other company. If required, you will also be able to modify the TTL (Time To Live) value, which indicates the time in seconds that the new record will be functioning after you eventually change it to something different or you simply delete it.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers
Creating a new AAAA record is incredibly easy with our user-friendly Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so if you host a domain in a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you want such a record either for it or for a subdomain which you have set up under it, you'll be able to create it in a few rather simple steps and without any hassle. Hepsia includes a section devoted to the DNS records of your domains where you can find all current records or set up new ones with a couple of mouse clicks. All it takes to accomplish this is to choose the domain/subdomain you need to edit, select AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and type the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address that the other provider has given you. Within an hour after you save the change, the new record is going to propagate globally and your domain address will start directing to the third-party hosting server. If they need it, you can even edit the TTL value, which shows the time this record shall be functioning with its current value before a new one kicks in if you make any adjustments in the future.