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any good guides on how to cut, strip, crimp and test DIY Ethernet cables? (piefed.blahaj.zone)

submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by akunohana@piefed.blahaj.zone to c/techsupport@lemmy.world

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Update: thank you all for your detailed and kind input! I finally tried crimping on an 8P8C connector onto an Ethernet cable. I failed. Miserably. But at least I finally learned what's actually happening - or what's supposed to happen: the teeth of the connector actually puncture the individual wires in order to make contact with the conductors inside. Sic. But omg is it a game of patience. 🤣

I actually just want to shorten one that I'm already using. 😊

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[–] resterWink@lemmy.darkc0de.one 2 points 4 weeks ago

Something that really helps is after straightening out the twisted pair cables is to use scissors and cut them in unison at an angle to give a stepped guide where each wire goes in one at a time in short succession. Helps avoid crumpling of the cables too.

This only works with passthrough connectors though