Each device that is connected to the Internet has a distinctive identifier known as IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computers, web servers, smart phones, switches, etcetera. The pool of IPs, that was introduced initially, has been distributed, so the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are gradually being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain name that opens an internet site has an IP record, which 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 split up using a dot, while within the IPv6 system it's called AAAA and it is comprised of eight groups 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 is designed for a considerably larger number of IPs when compared with the IPv4 format.
AAAA Records in Shared Hosting
If you want to create a new AAAA record for any domain or subdomain hosted inside your shared hosting account, it won't take you more than several basic steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia CP is very intuitive to use and it will permit you to create or modify any record easily. After you sign in and navigate to the DNS Records section, where you can find all existing records for your domains and subdomains, you'll only have to click on the "New" button, pick AAAA from a small drop-down options menu in the pop-up that will show up, enter or paste the necessary IPv6 address and save the modification - it is as basic as that. The new record will be fully working 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. When required, you will also be able to modify the TTL (Time To Live) value, which shows 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 Hosting
Setting up a new AAAA record for a domain or a subdomain hosted inside a semi-dedicated server from our company includes only a couple of really easy steps, which you'll be able to find within the Help section of your Hepsia web hosting Control Panel as well. You'll have to pick the hostname for which the new record is going to be created from a drop-down menu where you will find your domain addresses and subdomains. Creating the new AAAA record is as easy as picking out the one that you need and typing in the IPv6 address for it. This is done with no more than several clicks, so you can easily forward any hostname to a different service provider by using an AAAA record and use it with whatever service they offer. It will take mere seconds for the new record to be working and only around an hour for it to propagate around the globe, so you will be done in no time. The other provider may also request you to set some TTL value for the AAAA record, which is different from the default one - 3600 seconds. This feature reveals how long it will take for any new value that you set for your record to take effect while the old value is still active.