Each device that's connected to the world wide web has a distinctive identifier called IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes PCs, web servers, smart phones, switches, etcetera. The pool of IP addresses, that was introduced initially, is already distributed, so the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are slowly getting replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain which opens an internet site has an IP record, that is the address of the server where it's hosted. When using the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it is comprised of four sets of numbers from 1 to 255 split up using a dot, while in the IPv6 system it is called AAAA and it consists of 8 sets of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this kind of records use digits from 0 to 9 and letters from A to F. An example of an AAAA record is 2010:0c48:43d3:2142:1012:8c3a:2475:2435 and this format works with a substantially larger amount of IPs than the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Shared Web Hosting

If you want to create a new AAAA record a domain address or subdomain hosted inside your shared web hosting account, it will not take you more than a few basic steps to do that. Our in-house built Hepsia CP is quite intuitive to use and it'll enable you to create or change every single record effortlessly. When you sign in and go to the DNS Records section, where you'll discover all present records for your domain addresses and subdomains, you'll just have to click on the "New" button, pick out AAAA from a small drop-down options menu within the pop-up that'll appear, input or paste the required IPv6 address and save the change - it is as simple as that. The new record is going to be fully functioning within no more than 1 hour and the hostname that you have created it for will start opening whatever content you have with the other provider. If necessary, you'll also be able to edit the TTL (Time To Live) value, which signifies the time in seconds the new record will be functioning after you eventually change it to something different or you simply remove it.