Every device that's connected to the Internet has a unique identifier named IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes personal computers, web servers, smart phones, switches, and so on. The pool of IPs, which was introduced originally, has already been distributed, therefore the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are steadily getting replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain name which opens a site has an IP record, which 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 4 groups of numbers from 1 to 255 split up using a dot, while within the IPv6 system it is called AAAA and it comprises of 8 sets of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this kind of records use numbers 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 is designed for a substantially larger amount of IPs in comparison with the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Shared Hosting

The advanced Hepsia hosting CP, included with our shared hosting, will permit you to set up a new AAAA record easily. Once you are inside the account and you navigate to the DNS Records section, you will 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 the New Record button, to pick the domain/subdomain in question, select AAAA then simply input or copy and paste the IPv6 address. We also have a step-by-step guide if you have never created records for your domain addresses, but it is extremely unlikely that you'll need it as Hepsia is much easier to work with than other Control Panels available on the market. Within an hour your new record is going to be working and your domain name shall start resolving to the servers of the other company. There's also an option to edit the TTL value, which outlines how long this record will be working if you change it, from the standard 3600 seconds to any value that the other provider may require.