Every single device that is connected to the world wide web has a unique identifier known as IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computers, web servers, smartphones, switches, and so on. The pool of IP addresses, that was introduced initially, has already been distributed, hence the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are gradually being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain which opens an internet site has an IP record, which is the address of the server where it's hosted. Using the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it comprises of four groups of numbers from 1 to 255 separated using a dot, while in the IPv6 system it is called AAAA and it is comprised of eight sets 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 considerably greater amount of IPs than the IPv4 format.
AAAA Records in Shared Website Hosting
If you use a service through a third-party provider and you have to create an AAAA record to point a domain or a subdomain to their system, you will be able to do that with a few clicks via the Hepsia Control Panel, provided with all our shared website hosting solutions. Once you sign in, you have to proceed to the DNS Records section where you are going to find all the records for any domain name or subdomain hosted within the account. Creating a new record is as easy as clicking on a button, choosing the type from a drop-down options menu, which will be AAAA in this case, and then typing the value, or the actual IPv6 address, within a text box. As an extra option you are able to edit the TTL value (Time To Live), that specifies how long the record is going to be functioning after you edit it or remove it in the future. The new AAAA record is going to be functioning in no more than an hour and will propagate worldwide two or three hours later, so the hostname for which you have created it will start pointing to the new server.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Creating a new AAAA record is very easy with our user-friendly Hepsia hosting Control Panel, so if you host a domain within a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you require such a record either for it or for a subdomain that you've created under it, you'll be able to create it in a few quite simple steps and with no hassle. Hepsia includes a section devoted to the DNS records of your domain names in which you can find all existing records or create new ones with a couple of mouse clicks. All it takes to achieve that is to pick the domain/subdomain you need to change, pick AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and input the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address the other service provider has given you. Within an hour after you save the modification, the newly created record will propagate worldwide and your domain name will start pointing to the third-party web server. If they require it, you may also change the TTL value, which indicates the time this record is going to be working with its existing value before a new one kicks in if you make any adjustments in the future.