Hello everyone!

I wanna start off by saying that I’m not sure if this is the correct subreddit for this, if not, please redirect me to the correct one. Ty

Quite a while ago, the “plug” on my ethernet cable snapped, constantly causing networking issues. (Im referring to the top of the cable that makes that click when you plug it jn. Now it just slides in doesn’t stay in the port). I thought that I can’t fix that, but then i realized that my uncle has a 3D Printer. I looked up some plug replacements and found some:

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:2009495 https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4682458

Would there be good replacements for the cable? The cable itself isn’t unplugged often, since it goes into an unmanaged switch, and I can’t replace the cable since it goes through walls in my house and is around 15m long.

Thanks in advance!

  • Status_Mechanic@alien.topBEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Those thingiverse models are for the clip that holds the plug into the socket, not the plug itself.

    If you just need the clip then those should work fine, if the plug is actually broken then you’ll need a new plug and crimp tool.

  • TQuid@beehaw.orgEnglish
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    10 months ago

    Regardless how you get the new end (and a whole bag of them should be cheap), you will need to cut the ild one off, strip the outer insulation, then the insulation on the individual wires, and finally crimp them into the new plug end. This isn’t really difficult but you’ll need an appropriate wire stripper and an RJ45 crimp tool. That all assumes you have a few cm of spare cable to work with, of course.

    This sounds pretty jury-rigged if it’s one continuous cable from end to end; normally you’d have the cable terminating in a wall receptacle. But it wouldn’t be the first setup like that. Just saying if you end up with one of those tools, might as well get things set up properly.

    Best of luck on your layer zero networking project!