In addition to having the right crimper and new un-crimped plugs, you will also need to cut the end properly. You will need to cut off just enough of the plastic shroud around the wires to be able to fit the wires into the plug. (But not too much, or else the strain relief in the plug may not work properly). Some crimpers also have a cutter built in to cut the plastic, but all cables are different so they have varying success.
If you find yourself crimping cables regularly, you may also want to buy a tester. They connect on either end and make sure the wires are hooked up correctly.
If you have only one cable to fix, it would be cheaper to just buy a new one.
Buy a new one. In order to get it fixed, you would need a crimping tool and a new RJ45 head. I personally like making my own custom lengths of CAT6 cable, but they’re cheap enough you shouldn’t need to worry about it.
Try laying the wires across a piece of tape to help keep them aligned. Painters tape or a narrow strip of duct tape should work. Striping back just the right length actually makes it easier for me since the wires can’t move around as much.
The juice is not worth the squeeze. It’s fiddly and annoying and frustrating and oh god why. New cables - certified cat6 - are cheap and don’t drain your sanity.
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In addition to having the right crimper and new un-crimped plugs, you will also need to cut the end properly. You will need to cut off just enough of the plastic shroud around the wires to be able to fit the wires into the plug. (But not too much, or else the strain relief in the plug may not work properly). Some crimpers also have a cutter built in to cut the plastic, but all cables are different so they have varying success.
If you find yourself crimping cables regularly, you may also want to buy a tester. They connect on either end and make sure the wires are hooked up correctly.
If you have only one cable to fix, it would be cheaper to just buy a new one.
Get wire cutters, and SNIP. Then get new crimp connector and align. Next, use crimp tool to mate connector to wires.
Really? This is the posts we get in Tech sub these days?
Buy a new one. In order to get it fixed, you would need a crimping tool and a new RJ45 head. I personally like making my own custom lengths of CAT6 cable, but they’re cheap enough you shouldn’t need to worry about it.
I got the tools necesary but i have a problem aligning the small coloured wires into type A.
Some RJ55 heads come with a small plastic guide for aligning the wires. Otherwise, it just takes practice.
Swearing helps, it’s a frustrating task.
Try laying the wires across a piece of tape to help keep them aligned. Painters tape or a narrow strip of duct tape should work. Striping back just the right length actually makes it easier for me since the wires can’t move around as much.
I used to replace RJ45 connectors.
The juice is not worth the squeeze. It’s fiddly and annoying and frustrating and oh god why. New cables - certified cat6 - are cheap and don’t drain your sanity.
Like the other reply in the crosspost said, it sounds like you are trying to reuse the clear plastic thingy and that will not work.
When you crimp on a connector little metal blades are pushed into the wire channels and that is what is blocking your wires and making them bend.
I would recrimp the cable with a new connector, all of my friends would replace the whole cable.
I thing i just phrased it wrong, i got the tools and a new connector.