Each device that is connected to the world wide web has a unique identifier called IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computers, web servers, smartphones, switches, etcetera. The pool of IP addresses, that was introduced initially, has already been distributed, therefore the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are gradually getting replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain name which opens a site has an IP record, that 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 by a dot, while within the IPv6 system it's called AAAA and it consists of 8 sets of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this kind of records use numbers 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 supports a considerably bigger amount of IPs compared with the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Website Hosting

The state-of-the-art Hepsia website hosting Control Panel, which comes with our website hosting, will enable you to set up a new AAAA record effortlessly. When you're inside the account and you navigate to the DNS Records section, you will find all records you have for every hosted domain or a subdomain under it. All it takes to create the AAAA record is to click on the New Record button, to select the domain/subdomain in question, select AAAA and then just type or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We have a step-by-step guide if you have never created records for your domain addresses, but it's extremely unlikely that you will need it as Hepsia is much simpler to make use of than compared with other Control Panels available. Within an hour your new record will be live and your domain address will start resolving to the servers of the other provider. There is also an option to modify the TTL value, which determines how long this record is going to be functioning if you update it, from the standard 3600 seconds to any value the other provider may require.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting

In case you have a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you have to create an AAAA record for a domain you have hosted in it or a subdomain you've created, it will take you only a few mouse clicks in the Hepsia CP to achieve that. In case you have never had a web hosting account before, you will not experience any difficulties as you will use a very simple and easy-to-use interface. All the DNS records for your domain names 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 that have been set up automatically or manually and you'll be able to create a new one by clicking on the corresponding button. A compact pop-up will appear, so with only a couple of mouse clicks you can choose the type of record you require and for which domain name or subdomain it's going to be created. Afterwards, just paste the IPv6 address inside a text box, save the change and one hour later the new AAAA record is going to be completely live. As an optional setting, you can pick the time this record shall be functioning after you edit it or delete it in the future. This is the so-called TTL, or Time To Live value of the record, which you can change from the default 3600 seconds when the other provider demands it.