Each device that is connected to the world wide web has a distinctive identifier referred to as IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computer systems, web servers, smartphones, switches, and so on. The pool of IPs, that was introduced initially, has already been distributed, hence the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are steadily being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain name that opens a website comes with an IP record, that is the address of the server where it is hosted. Using the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it comprises of 4 sets of numbers from 1 to 255 divided using a dot, while with the IPv6 system it is called AAAA and it consists of eight groups of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this sort of records use digits from 0 to 9 and letters from A to F. An illustration of an AAAA record is 2010:0c48:43d3:2142:1012:8c3a:2475:2435 and this format supports a substantially greater amount of IPs than the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Website Hosting

If you wish to use a domain address or a subdomain you have within a website hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you have to create an AAAA record for that, it won't take you more than a few mouse clicks to do this through our powerful, though easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel. Once you navigate to the DNS Records section and click the Create a New Record button, a little pop-up will appear. This is the place where you can set up any DNS record, so you simply have to choose the needed domain name or subdomain and the type of record from drop-down navigation and type in the IPv6 address, which is the actual record. Just in case you have zero experience with such matters, you will not have any problems as Hepsia is very user-friendly and the new AAAA record will propagate within the hour, so you can start using your domain/subdomain with the other service provider. Provided they demand it, you are also going to be able to change the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, determining how long it's going to stay active in the global DNS system after you change it or remove it.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

In case you have a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you have to set up an AAAA record for a domain address you have hosted in it or a subdomain you've created, it'll take you just a few clicks within the Hepsia CP to do that. Even when you have never had a website hosting account before, you will not experience any issues because you will use a very simple and intuitive interface. All of the DNS records for your domain addresses will be listed in a section of the CP with the exact same name, so once you go there, you will see all records which have been created automatically or manually and you are going to be able to create a new one by simply clicking the corresponding button. A little pop-up shall appear, so with just a few mouse clicks you can pick the type of record you need and for which domain name or subdomain it'll be set up. Afterwards, just paste the IPv6 address inside a text box, save the change and an hour later the new AAAA record is going to be 100% active. As an optional setting, you can choose how long this record will be active after you change it or remove it in the future. That's the so-called TTL, or Time To Live value of the record, which you can modify from the default 3600 seconds if the other service provider demands it.