Every single device that's connected to the world wide web has a special identifier known as IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes computer systems, web servers, smart phones, switches, etcetera. The pool of IPs, that was introduced originally, has been distributed, therefore the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are slowly being replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain that opens a site comes with 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 4 sets of numbers from 1 to 255 divided using a dot, while with the IPv6 system it's called AAAA and it is made up of 8 groups of hexadecimal numbers i.e. this kind 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 works with a substantially larger number of IPs compared with the IPv4 format.
AAAA Records in Shared Website Hosting
If you wish to use a domain name or a subdomain which you have inside a shared website hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you ought to create an AAAA record for that, it won't take you more than just a few mouse clicks to do this through our powerful, though easy-to-use Hepsia CP. After 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 place where you can create any DNS record, so you simply have to choose the needed domain name or subdomain and the type of record through drop-down menus and input the IPv6 address, which is the actual record. Even if you have zero experience with such matters, you won't have any problems as Hepsia is very intuitive and your new AAAA record will propagate within the hour, so you can start using your domain/subdomain with the other company. In case they require it, you'll also be able to modify the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, defining how long it'll stay active in the global DNS system after you edit it or erase it.