Every device which is connected to the world wide web has a special identifier known as IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes PCs, web servers, smart phones, switches, etcetera. The pool of IPs, that was introduced initially, has already been distributed, hence the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are steadily being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain that opens an internet site has an IP record, that is the address of the server where it is hosted. Using the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it is comprised of four sets of numbers from 1 to 255 split up by a dot, while within the IPv6 system it's called AAAA and it comprises of eight sets of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this sort 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 is designed for a considerably larger amount of IPs compared with the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Shared Web Hosting

The state-of-the-art Hepsia web hosting CP, which comes with our shared web hosting, allows you to set up a new AAAA record effortlessly. When you're within the account and you navigate to the DNS Records section, you'll discover all records you have for every hosted domain address or a subdomain under it. All it takes to create the AAAA record is to click on the New Record button, to choose the domain/subdomain in question, pick AAAA after which just type in or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We've got a step-by-step guide if you've never created records for your domain names, but it is less likely that you'll need it as Hepsia is much easier to make use of compared with other Control Panels available. Within an hour your new record shall be working and your domain name shall start resolving to the servers of the other provider. In addition, there’s an option to edit the TTL value, which determines how long this record is going to be active if you edit it, from the default 3600 seconds to any value the other service provider may require.