Each device which is connected to the world wide web has a special identifier named IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computers, web servers, smartphones, switches, etc. The pool of addresses, that was introduced at first, has been distributed, so the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are progressively getting replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain name which opens an internet site has an IP record, that 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 divided using a dot, while within the IPv6 system it is called AAAA and it comprises of eight sets of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this type 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 supports a considerably bigger amount of IPs than the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Shared Web Hosting

The state-of-the-art Hepsia web hosting CP, bundled with our shared web hosting, allows you to set up a new AAAA record easily. When you are in the account and you go to the DNS Records section, you'll find all records that you have for any hosted domain name or a subdomain under it. All it takes to set up the AAAA record is to click on the New Record button, to choose the domain/subdomain in question, choose AAAA and then only enter or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We have a step-by-step guide if you have never created records for your domains, but it's unlikely that you will need it as Hepsia is much simpler to work with than other Control Panels available. Within an hour your new record will be working and your domain address shall start resolving to the servers of the other company. In addition, there’s an option to modify the TTL value, which shows how long this record will be active if you update it, from the standard 3600 seconds to any value which the other service provider may require.