Every single device that is connected to the world wide web has a distinctive identifier referred to as IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computers, web servers, smart phones, switches, and so on. The pool of addresses, that was introduced initially, has been distributed, so the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are progressively getting replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain name which opens a website has an IP record, which is the address of the server where it's hosted. With the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it is made up of 4 groups of numbers from 1 to 255 split up using a dot, while with the IPv6 system it's called AAAA and it consists of eight sets of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this sort 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 supports a substantially larger number of IPs compared with the IPv4 format.

AAAA Records in Web Hosting

If you wish to use a domain address or a subdomain you have in a web hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you have to create an AAAA record for that, it won't take you more than just a few clicks to do that by using our highly effective, though easy-to-use Hepsia CP. After you visit the DNS Records section and click the Create a New Record button, a little pop-up will show up. This is the area where you can set up any DNS record, so you just have to select the needed domain address or subdomain and the type of record via drop-down navigation and type in the IPv6 address, which is the actual record. If you happen to have zero experience with such matters, you'll not have any problems as Hepsia is very intuitive and your new AAAA record will propagate within the hour, to enable you to start using your domain/subdomain with the other provider. In case they demand it, you'll also be able to edit the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, determining how long it'll stay active in the global DNS system after you edit it or remove it.