AAAA Records

What precisely is an AAAA resource record? What role do AAAA records serve? Do you need to insert one to your site?

Every single device which is connected to the web has a special identifier named IP (Internet Protocol) address. This includes personal computers, web servers, smart phones, switches, and so on. The pool of IP addresses, that was introduced initially, has already been distributed, hence the so-called IPv4 IP addresses are progressively getting replaced with IPv6 addresses. Every domain name that opens a website has an IP record, that is the address of the server where it is hosted. Using the IPv4 system, the record is called A and it comprises of four sets of numbers from 1 to 255 split up with a dot, while with the IPv6 system it's called AAAA and it is made up of 8 sets 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 works with a substantially greater number of IPs compared with the IPv4 format.

: AAAA Records in Shared Hosting

If you wish to use a domain address or a subdomain you have in a shared hosting account on our end for any third-party service and you have to set up an AAAA record for that, it won't take you more than just a few mouse clicks to do that using our powerful, though easy-to-use Hepsia CP. When you visit the DNS Records section and click on the Create a New Record button, a small pop-up will appear. This is the place where you can create any DNS record, so you just have to pick the needed domain address or subdomain and the type of record through drop-down navigation and enter the IPv6 address, which is the actual record. Even if you have zero experience with such matters, you'll not have any issues as Hepsia is very user-friendly and your new AAAA record is going to propagate within the hour, so you can start using your domain/subdomain with the other provider. Provided they require it, you will also be able to modify the Time To Live (TTL) value for the record, determining how long it will stay active in the global DNS system after you modify it or remove it.