Each device that is connected to the world wide web has a specific identifier referred to as IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computers, web servers, smart phones, switches, and so on. The pool of addresses, that was introduced at first, has been distributed, so the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are gradually being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain that opens a website has an IP record, that is the address of the server where it's hosted. With the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it is made up of four sets of numbers from 1 to 255 split up by a dot, while in the IPv6 system it's called AAAA and it is made up of 8 sets of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this type 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 is designed for a substantially bigger number of IPs than the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Web Hosting

If you'd like to create a new AAAA record for any domain address or subdomain hosted within your web hosting account, it will not take you more than a couple of basic steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia Control Panel is very intuitive to use and it will permit you to set up or change any record with ease. Once you sign in and visit the DNS Records section, in which you'll discover all existing records for your domain names and subdomains, you will only have to click on the "New" button, choose AAAA from a small drop-down menu within the pop-up which will show up, enter or paste the necessary IPv6 address and save the modification - it's as simple as that. The new record shall be fully active within no more than one hour and the hostname that you have created it for will 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 reveals the time in seconds that the new record will be live after you eventually edit it to something different or you simply erase it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

When you have a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you need to set up an AAAA record for a domain name you have hosted in it or a subdomain you have set up, it will take you just a few mouse clicks inside the Hepsia Control Panel to do that. In case you have never had a web hosting account before, you'll not encounter any troubles since you will use a very simple and intuitive interface. All the DNS records for your domains are going to be listed in a section of the CP with the same name, so as soon as you go there, you will see all records which have been set up automatically or manually and you will be able to set up a new one by simply clicking the corresponding button. A small pop-up shall appear, so with just a few clicks you can pick the type of record you require and for which domain or subdomain it'll be set up. Then, simply paste the IPv6 address inside 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 pick how long this record is going to be active after you edit it or remove it in the future. This is the so-called TTL, or Time To Live value of the record, which you can change from the standard 3600 seconds if the other provider requires it.