AAAA Records

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Every device that is connected to the web has a specific identifier called IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes PCs, web servers, smart phones, switches, etcetera. The pool of IP addresses, which was introduced originally, has already been distributed, hence the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are steadily being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain which opens an internet site comes with 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 four groups of numbers from 1 to 255 divided with a dot, while within the IPv6 system it's called AAAA and it is made up of 8 groups of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this type 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 considerably larger amount of IPs than the IPv4 format.

: AAAA Records in Shared Hosting

If you wish to use a domain or a subdomain which you have within a shared hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you ought to set up an AAAA record for that, it will not take you more than just a few mouse clicks to do that through our amazing, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel. Once you navigate to the DNS Records section and then click the Create a New Record button, a compact pop-up will appear. This is the area where you could create any DNS record, so you only have to choose the needed domain name or subdomain and the type of record via drop-down navigation and enter the IPv6 address, that is the actual record. In case you have no experience with such matters, you will not have any issues as Hepsia is incredibly intuitive and the new AAAA record will propagate within the hour, to enable you to start using your domain/subdomain with the other service provider. Provided they demand it, you're also going to be able to edit the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, outlining how long it will remain active in the global DNS system after you change it or remove it.