Each device that's connected to the world wide web has a special identifier known as IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes personal computers, web servers, smart phones, switches, and so on. The pool of IP addresses, that was introduced initially, is already distributed, so the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are progressively being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain name which opens a site has an IP record, which is the address of the server where it's hosted. With the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it consists of four groups of numbers from 1 to 255 separated by a dot, while within the IPv6 system it's called AAAA and it comprises of 8 groups of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this kind 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 significantly greater amount of IPs than the IPv4 format.
AAAA Records in Shared Hosting
If you wish to use a domain or a subdomain which you have in a shared hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you need to set up an AAAA record for that, it is not going to take you more than only a few clicks to do this by using our amazing, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia CP. Once you navigate to the DNS Records section and click the Create a New Record button, a small pop-up will show up. This is the spot where you can create any DNS record, so you simply have to pick the needed domain name or subdomain and the type of record via drop-down menus and type in the IPv6 address, that is the actual record. Even if you have zero experience with such matters, you will not have any difficulties as Hepsia is very intuitive and the new AAAA record will propagate within the hour, so that you can start using your domain/subdomain with the other service provider. If they require it, you're also going to be able to change the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, defining how long it's going to remain active in the global DNS system after you modify it or delete it.
AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Hosting
Setting up a new AAAA record is incredibly easy with our user-friendly Hepsia hosting CP, so if you host a domain name within a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you require such a record either for it or for a subdomain that you have created under it, you'll be able to create it within a few rather simple steps and with no hassle. Hepsia features a section dedicated to the DNS records of your domain addresses where you can find all current records or set up new ones with a few clicks. All it takes to achieve that is to choose the domain/subdomain that you would like to modify, choose AAAA for the type from a drop-down menu and input the actual record i.e. the IPv6 address which the other company has given you. Within an hour after you save the modification, the new record is going to propagate worldwide and your domain will start pointing to the third-party hosting server. If they demand it, you may also modify the TTL value, which shows the time this record will be operating with its existing value before a new one kicks in if you make any changes in the future.