Each device that's connected to the web has a specific identifier known as IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes PCs, web servers, smartphones, switches, and so on. The pool of IP addresses, which was introduced initially, has been distributed, hence the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are steadily being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain which opens an internet site has 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 consists of four sets 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 8 sets of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this kind of records use numbers 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 works with a substantially larger number of IPs compared with the IPv4 format.
AAAA Records in Shared Website Hosting
If you want to create a new AAAA record for any domain address or subdomain hosted in your shared website hosting account, it is not going to take you more than several basic steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel is rather intuitive to use and it will allow you to set up or modify every record with ease. After you log in and visit the DNS Records section, where you'll discover all existing records for your domains and subdomains, you will simply have to click on the "New" button, choose AAAA from a small drop-down menu in the pop-up that will appear, input or paste the necessary IPv6 address and save the modification - it is as simple as that. The new record shall be 100% functioning within no more than 1 hour and the hostname you have created it for shall start opening whatever content you have with the other provider. If required, you are also going to be able to change the TTL (Time To Live) value, which indicates the time in seconds the new record will be live after you eventually modify it to something different or you simply erase it.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
As our leading-edge cloud hosting platform supports AAAA records, you are going to be able to create one with no trouble for any domain name or subdomain which you host within a semi-dedicated server account from our company and the new record is going to propagate within the hour, to enable you to start using the services of any other service provider you point the domain/subdomain to right away. You are able to create the record from the DNS Records section of your Hepsia website hosting Control Panel where you will also find all other records that were created automatically or you have set up manually previously. The creation of the new AAAA record is as easy as picking out the needed domain or subdomain and the AAAA type from simple drop-down menus, inputting the IPv6 address inside a text box and saving the change. You are going to be able to modify the record anytime if needed. Assuming the other service provider requires a specific TTL value for the new record, you'll be able to modify this setting also. The Time To Live option defines how long an existing record will keep operating after you edit it or remove it and the time is in seconds.