Every single device which is connected to the Internet has a specific identifier known as IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computer systems, web servers, smart phones, switches, and so on. The pool of addresses, which was introduced originally, is already distributed, so the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are steadily being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain name which opens a website comes with an IP record, that is the address of the server where it is hosted. With the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it is comprised of 4 groups of numbers from 1 to 255 split up with a dot, while with the IPv6 system it is called AAAA and it comprises of eight 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 works with a substantially greater number of IPs in comparison with the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Shared Website Hosting

If you'd like to use a domain or a subdomain which you have within a shared website hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you have to create an AAAA record for that, it will not take you more than a few clicks to do that by using our effective, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel. After you visit the DNS Records section and click the Create a New Record button, a little pop-up will appear. This is the spot in which you can set up any DNS record, so you only have to select the needed domain or subdomain and the type of record from drop-down navigation and type in the IPv6 address, which is the actual record. If you happen to have zero experience with such matters, you will not have any difficulties as Hepsia is very user-friendly and your new AAAA record will propagate within the hour, so you can start using your domain/subdomain with the other provider. In case they demand it, you're also going to be able to modify the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, determining how long it will stay active in the global DNS system after you edit it or erase it.