Each device that's connected to the world wide web has a distinctive identifier known as IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computer systems, web servers, smart phones, switches, etc. The pool of IPs, which was introduced originally, has been distributed, therefore the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are gradually getting replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain that opens an internet site comes with an IP record, which is the address of the server where it is hosted. When using the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it is made up of four sets of numbers from 1 to 255 separated with a dot, while in the IPv6 system it's called AAAA and it is made up of eight groups of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this sort of records use digits 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 works with a substantially bigger amount of IPs in comparison with the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Shared Website Hosting

The highly developed Hepsia web hosting CP, which comes with our shared website hosting, will allow you to create a new AAAA record easily. Once you are inside the account and you visit the DNS Records section, you'll discover all records that you have for any hosted domain or a subdomain under it. All it takes to set up the AAAA record is to click on the New Record button, to select the domain/subdomain in question, pick AAAA then just input or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We have a step-by-step guide if you have never created records for your domain names, but it's extremely unlikely that you will need it as Hepsia is much simpler to employ than compared with other Control Panels on the market. Within an hour your new record is going to be active and your domain name shall start resolving to the servers of the other provider. In addition, there’s an option to change the TTL value, which outlines how long this record will be functioning if you edit it, from the default 3600 seconds to any value the other provider may require.