Every single device that is connected to the web has a unique identifier named IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes personal computers, web servers, smart phones, switches, etcetera. The pool of IPs, that was introduced originally, is already distributed, so the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are progressively being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain which opens a 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 divided by a dot, while within the IPv6 system it's called AAAA and it is made up of eight sets of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this kind 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 amount of IPs in comparison with the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Hosting

If you need to set up a new AAAA record for any domain address or subdomain hosted inside your hosting account, it will not take you more than a few simple steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia CP is very intuitive to use and it will enable you to create or change every record effortlessly. As soon as you sign in and go to the DNS Records section, in which you'll discover all existing records for your domains and subdomains, you'll simply have to click on the "New" button, select AAAA from a small drop-down options menu within the pop-up that'll show up, type or paste the required IPv6 address and save the modification - it is as simple as that. The new record shall be fully functioning within a maximum of 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 will also be able to change the TTL (Time To Live) value, which indicates the time in seconds the new record will be active after you eventually modify it to something different or you simply remove it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

As our sophisticated cloud web hosting platform supports AAAA records, you will be able to create one effortlessly for every domain address or subdomain which 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 right away. You are able to create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia hosting Control Panel in which you will also find all the other records that were created automatically or you have set up manually previously. The creation of the new AAAA record is as simple as picking out the needed Internet domain or subdomain and the AAAA type from simple drop-down menus, inputting the IPv6 address inside 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 company needs a specific TTL value for the new record, you'll be able to edit this setting also. The Time To Live option defines how long an existing record will continue working after you change it or remove it and the time is in seconds.