Each device which is connected to the Internet has a specific identifier called IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes PCs, web servers, smartphones, switches, etcetera. The pool of IP addresses, which was introduced initially, is already distributed, hence the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are progressively getting replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain name that opens an internet 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 is comprised of four groups of numbers from 1 to 255 separated with a dot, while with the IPv6 system it is called AAAA and it comprises of 8 sets of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this sort 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 is designed for a considerably larger number of IPs compared with the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Shared Web Hosting

If you wish to use a domain name or a subdomain you have in a shared web hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you ought to create an AAAA record for that, it is not going to take you more than a few mouse clicks to do that through our highly effective, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia CP. Once you visit the DNS Records section and click the Create a New Record button, a little pop-up will show up. This is the spot in which you can create any DNS record, so you just have to choose the needed domain name or subdomain and the type of record from drop-down navigation and input the IPv6 address, which is the actual record. Even if you have zero experience with such matters, you'll not have any problems as Hepsia is very user-friendly and your new AAAA record is going to propagate within the hour, to enable you to start using your domain/subdomain with the other service provider. In case they require it, you are also going to be able to change the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, determining how long it is going to stay active in the global DNS system after you edit it or delete it.