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Can I crimp my pass through Rj45 using normal crimper. (alien.top)

submitted 11 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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So I am trying to connect my laptop to router using cat6. I unknowingly bought a regular crimping tool for my pass through Rj45 connector. So i there a work around for it and can I reuse it instead of wasting that tool

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 11 months ago

On a slightly different note, can a pass-thru crimper be used to crimp non-passthu connectors? If the only difference is the cutting blade, then it should work, right ?