# Residential Proxies

Let’s break down what the string in the **"Proxy list"** field represents:

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* **resident.proxyshard.com** – This is the proxy connection IP address. It is represented as a DNS name because behind this address there are many IPv4 addresses (load balancers). <mark style="color:purple;">We do not provide direct IPv4 addresses because they often change. At your own risk, you can perform an nslookup (e.g.,</mark> [<mark style="color:purple;">https://www.nslookup.io/domains/resident.proxyshard.com/dns-records/</mark>](https://www.nslookup.io/domains/resident.proxyshard.com/dns-records/)<mark style="color:purple;">) and connect directly to any IP from the returned list.</mark>
* **9080** – Connection port. You can choose a different port. Ports do not affect IP address rotation!
* **D5EF5F33f-country-any-sid-sy06witplz6x-filter-medium** – Username, which is long because it encodes choices like country, ISP, etc.
* **GCZ3434** – Password for connection.
* **Amount** – Number of proxies.

_When you generate a proxy list, it is not saved in the order. Creating new proxies does not disable the old ones._\
_So you can create as many proxies as you want at any time without losing connection to the old ones._

