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Repurposing a RG45 jack off a bad cable to occupy a port you don't want to use
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Return to top of page · Post #: 1 · Written at 10:57:01 AM on 6 April 2020.
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Location: Oradell, US
Member since 2 April 2010 Member #: 643 Postcount: 831 |
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I had to change out a flakey ethernet cable. Between the house router and the cable modem. plugged the new cable in, but by mistake plugged it into the "DMZ" port on the house router. And thus lost connection to the 'net. Took a while to figure it out. I then decided to reuse a spent RG45 connector to fill the DMZ port, to keep me from making that error again. Clipped the wires close to the spent connector, and bent the stubs into it to avoid shorts. And some hot melt glue to keep things still, and added a bit of orange insulation as a flag of sorts. |
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Return to top of page · Post #: 2 · Written at 11:15:38 AM on 6 April 2020.
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Location: Belrose, NSW
Member since 31 December 2015 Member #: 1844 Postcount: 2476 |
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Useful, particularly when you are fumbling around the back of something you can't see. |
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