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Re:A 3D-printed ethernet RJ45 clip to secure/repair/fix brok... by somat on Thursday November 24, 2022 @12:59PM (#33734287)
I am not sure how important the strain relief is, I never bother, but if you really want strain relief there are connectors with it. sometimes they have a metal band you have to crimp around the cable.
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Re:A 3D-printed ethernet RJ45 clip to secure/repair/fix brok... by akira2501 on Thursday November 24, 2022 @02:04PM (#33735072)
The strain relief is for machine made cables where they glue or melt the relief into the plastic plug. Almost all manual crimp connectors have a strain relief built into them that's meant to grab the jacket and hold the cable right at the entry to the plug.

All my RJ45 and RJ45-EZ connectors in my bag have this locking strain relief tab at the back.

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