Each device that's connected to the 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 at first, is already distributed, hence the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are steadily being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain name that opens a website 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 comprises of four groups of numbers from 1 to 255 split up by a dot, while with the IPv6 system it's called AAAA and it is made up of 8 groups 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 can handle a significantly bigger amount of IPs than the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Shared Web Hosting

In order to use a domain address or a subdomain you have in a shared web hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you ought to set up an AAAA record for that, it won't take you more than only a few mouse clicks to do that by using our powerful, though easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel. When 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 area where you can create any DNS record, so you only have to choose the needed domain address or subdomain and the type of record through drop-down navigation and enter the IPv6 address, which is the actual record. In case you have zero experience with such matters, you'll not have any difficulties as Hepsia is quite user-friendly and your new AAAA record will propagate within the hour, so that you can start using your domain/subdomain with the other provider. In case they demand it, you'll also be able to edit the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, outlining how long it will stay active in the global DNS system after you edit it or delete it.