Each device that's connected to the world wide web has a unique identifier called IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes PCs, web servers, smartphones, switches, and so on. The pool of IP addresses, which was introduced originally, is already distributed, hence 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 is hosted. Using the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it is made up of 4 groups of numbers from 1 to 255 divided by a dot, while within the IPv6 system it is called AAAA and it is comprised of eight sets of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this type of records use digits from 0 to 9 and letters from A to F. An example of an AAAA record is 2010:0c48:43d3:2142:1012:8c3a:2475:2435 and this format supports a significantly bigger amount of IPs when compared with the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Semi-dedicated Servers

When you have a semi-dedicated server account from our company and you have to set up an AAAA record for a domain you have hosted in it or a subdomain you've set up, it'll take you just a few clicks in the Hepsia CP to accomplish this. In case you have never had a web hosting account before, you'll not encounter any difficulties since you will use a very simple and easy-to-use interface. All DNS records for your domain addresses are going to be listed in a section of the CP with the exact same name, so when you go there, you will see all records which have been set up automatically or manually and you're going to be able to create a new one by simply clicking on the corresponding button. A little pop-up shall appear, so with just a few clicks you can select the type of record you require and for which Internet domain or subdomain it's going to be created. Next, simply paste the IPv6 address in 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 may choose the time this record is going to be active after you edit it or remove it in the future. This is actually the so-called TTL, or Time To Live value of the record, which you can modify from the standard 3600 seconds in case the other service provider demands it.