Every single device that's connected to the web has a specific identifier referred to as IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computer systems, web servers, smart phones, switches, etc. The pool of IP addresses, that was introduced at first, is already distributed, therefore the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are slowly being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain name that opens an internet site has an IP record, which is the address of the server where it's hosted. Using the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it is made up of four groups of numbers from 1 to 255 separated by a dot, while within the IPv6 system it is called AAAA and it is made up of eight groups of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this kind of records use numbers from 0 to 9 and letters from A to F. A good example of an AAAA record is 2010:0c48:43d3:2142:1012:8c3a:2475:2435 and this format supports a significantly larger number of IPs compared with the IPv4 format.
AAAA Records in Shared Web Hosting
If you want to use a domain address or a subdomain you have in a shared web hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you ought to create an AAAA record for that, it will not take you more than a few mouse clicks to do this by using our highly effective, albeit easy-to-use Hepsia Control Panel. When you go to the DNS Records section and then click the Create a New Record button, a little pop-up will appear. This is the spot where you can create any DNS record, so you only have to pick the needed domain name or subdomain and the type of record through drop-down menus and type in the IPv6 address, that is the actual record. In case you have zero experience with such matters, you won't have any troubles as Hepsia is incredibly intuitive and your new AAAA record will propagate within the hour, so that you can start using your domain/subdomain with the other provider. In case they demand it, you are also going to be able to change the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, defining how long it will stay active in the global DNS system after you change it or remove it.