Each device that is connected to the Internet has a unique identifier referred to as IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computers, web servers, smartphones, switches, etc. The pool of addresses, that was introduced originally, has already been distributed, hence the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are steadily getting replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain name 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 groups of numbers from 1 to 255 divided by a dot, while with the IPv6 system it's called AAAA and it consists of eight sets of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this kind of records use numbers 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 supports a significantly larger amount of IPs in comparison with the IPv4 format.
AAAA Records in Shared Web Hosting
The advanced Hepsia website hosting CP, bundled with our shared web hosting, will allow you to set up a new AAAA record with ease. When you're inside the account and you navigate to the DNS Records section, you will discover all records that you have for every hosted domain or a subdomain under it. All it takes to create the AAAA record is to click the New Record button, to choose the domain/subdomain in question, pick AAAA and then just input or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We also have a step-by-step guide if you've never created records for your domains, but it's extremely unlikely that you'll need it as Hepsia is much easier to make use of in comparison with other Control Panels available on the market. Within an hour your new record will be functioning and your domain name will start resolving to the servers of the other service provider. Additionally, there is an option to change the TTL value, which determines how long this record will be active if you modify it, from the default 3600 seconds to any value the other service provider may require.