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very creative use of zip ties. WIN!
Sad fact: I noticed that the netbook* in this image is the same one I have, BEFORE I noticed the kludge.
(*Acer Aspire One ZG5)
Same here!
That’s actually quite brilliant. Maybe I should try that on a few of my own cables with “broken” plugs.
wow, rly!
second trolling
Little late to the game, aren’t we?
This was posted easily a year ago
absolutely brilliant!
BRILLIANT!
This picture is taken from:
http://www.instructables.com/id/Repair-a-Broken-Ethernet-Plug/
it actually works too! and if it doesnt work it still sort of works, as a wedge
“it actually works too! and if it doesn’t work it.. ”
Well which is it?
when it doesnt work, it still sorta works. when it fails, its just a wedge
Yeah, I just used it on my computer!
Indeed. I always hate it when those clips break.
All computers are portals for Cordthulu to enter this world! Ia ia kludger f’thagan!
Ï̎͆ͥ͑͒͂̽ͮ͂̐̐͐̎̚͏̢͙̥̩͎̝͇̘͈̬̪̝̻̙̰̰̠̕͡ͅ ̶̴̸̢̘̜̜͔̲͓̫͇̦͈͈͂ͮ͂̊ͮͨ̑͆ͭͮt̏͗ͯ̆̎҉҉͚̤̪͖͔͕̼̲ḩ̟̙̭͍ͫ̓ͫ̿ͪ͊́ͮ͛̔ͩ̽͋̌ͣ̍̈́̚͜͠o̴̼̰͔̰̲̠̝͓͓̲͕̼͚̪͚̾̿ͩ̓ͨ̄̈̿̊͂̀͝u̶̫̻̯̗͓̞͕̩̠̭͕̲̒̅ͦͪ̚͢ͅg̞̠̩̖̙̒̑ͧͥ͢͠ͅh̯̲̯̲̭͔̭͉̺͕̗͓͙̩̹̿ͬ̏͢t͓͔͙̻͙̼̮̣̗͚͖̥̜̬̖̜͈̲̺ͥ̉̈́̓ͩ̏̽ͨͣ͛͌͘̕͞͡ ̴̷̡͙͕͔̙̳̟͎̳̖̑̐̓̈́ͣ̌̃̄͞I̛̝̝̗̳̲̣̠̦ͤ͊ͣͣͣͫͮ̑̏̍̐ͭ̈́̄̓̇̃͝ ̛͕̖̳͓͚̙̦̻̪̖͔̠͖̫̬͈̣̐ͯͧͮͫ̽̇̅ͫ̋͑ͦͤ͋͐̕͜h͑̆͋ͯ̈́͂̎̋͌͛ͤ͌҉̢̛̥͎̗̟͚͖̀͢ė̢̜̜̼̼̥̯̱̥̱̹̼̻̲͙̹̭ͬͨ̆͋̈ͯ́̕͘͡ą̍͛ͣ̆̏̈́ͦ͒ͨ҉̼̞̯̬̟͕͔̤͔͍͔̩́͘͡r̸̨̭͈̥͇͙̮͇̝̝̞̜̳̯̥͎̱ͥ̓ͭ͑͆͋͛͆ͪͣͯ͒̎͂ͬ̀̚͜d̗̪̰̲̳̠̙̬͓̩̺͖̲͕͇̈ͮ̿̔̾ͯ̔̒̊ͤ͂̀͗ͩ͜͟ ͧ̽͊̎̒ͫͨ̂ͧ̏͢͏͏̜͎̭̳̭̮̕͡m͓͈͙̦̱̿͂̆̏́͘͞͞͡ȳ̧͇̣̪͉̪̬̮̌̍̊̃ͫ̀͢͟͠ ̇̅̀̓͒̇̅ͭ͌ͦ͌̈̎͛ͬ͟͜͠҉͈̤͙̝͓̱̼̙̺͓̕ͅn̷̨̥̺̳͈ͭ̓ͨ̑ͦ͘ͅä̪͈̟̮̼̩̤̗̲̪͖͇̫́͊ͤ̍̾ͧ͛̈́̐ͩͩ̃͗̀͝͡ͅm̶͎̗̮̖̹͇͎ͧ̓̔ͥ͟͢͝e͖̘̬̣̞̳̥̫̜͊ͨ͊̔ͪ̉͗̃̾͢͝ ̷̴̢̨̯̖̝̱͍̫͔͎̤̤̪̮̱̼̭̝͉̈́̒̾ͧm͑ͫ̄ͮ͋ͬ͋̂͞҉̱̗̳̦̞͜ȇ͙̗͓͈̘̳͙̳̩ͤ͐̐͟͝ṇ̷̛̟̫̳͚̤̗͈͓͉̟͖͔̰̃̐͑͐ͨ̈́́́ͅț̴̼̥͙͙̞̣͇̟̼͍̔̽ͣ̓̇̔ͦ̉͋̔̄̈̍̂͛̎͛͂̚͢͝į̛̭̰̥͙̙͋ͫ̏̾͊̽̔́ͣͧ͆̂õ̧ͯ̔̅͐̔̐́͢҉̜̻̣̜̮̳̠̱̼̣͎̟̩̫̻̮͜n̨̛̊ͯͬ̇ͧ̓ͬͦ͑ͭ̃ͪ̿̂͑̃̆͠͏͖̥̭͎̮͖̰̺̹̼̱͎̺͍͉̰̼ȇ̫̹̩̰̘̭̤̤̙̤͍̺̰̣͙̫͓̍̏ͩ̍ͥͦ̉̿̇͗͒̋̃͡ͅd̵̨̻̫̥̳̮̠̫͇̙̰̜͔͈͇̺̝̖̟̆͒͒̑̅͗́͂ͩ͗ͦ͒ͩ́̚͞.ͮ͆̏̀ͬ͏̶̗̭̥̘̜͇̟̭̞̩͔͜ ̷̷͓͈̜͓̝͍̹͍̻͉͍̝̗̓ͮ̐ͧ̈́̎̐́̕͜ ̷́̎̇̏̑͐́̔͘͜͏̜̹̟̩̘͕̠͍̰̗̣Y̶̜͇̣̺̰̮̥̞̜̩̰͚̞̯̫̯̘ͪ̑̃̇͟͡ͅe̶̦̗̭̖̗̱̱̰̙̟̹̟̮̬̓̽͂̅̽̆̾ͣ̓ͣͨ͗̋ͮ̂ͯ̀̈́̀s̴̡̛̤͕̣͍̠ͩͬ͐̈ͦ̽̓̏̆́͡,̙̗̝͉̬̤̜͓͉͇̤̼̦̣̙̟̒ͤ̓̈̌͑͋ͯ̿̋͋̋͂ͯ̓̏̎͑̕ͅ ̛̛̱̫̲̹̫͇͍͖̫̠̌̌̌̓͒̿̾ͬ̎̓̿͂̋̀͘͞ͅa̵̱̭̫͙͍̰̹͈̦̤̖͎̘͚̹͊̃͒́ͯ͑͆̚͠͡ļ̧͎̝̩͙͎̲͕̫̠͖͚̱̫͎̬͊͗̏͛ͦ͗̾̎͋̕l͗̾ͯ͂̊̅̓̑ͧ̌͑ͬͪ̌ͪ́͟͜͏̧̪͙̫̭̞̫͖̙̻͔̺̤ ̥͎̦͉̜̗̤̩̖̙̼͎̹̳̙̟͈̬̃̐̂́̔ͬ̒́͞c̨̎̑̓̓̽̃ͩ̎͗ͫ͏̦͇̼̫͕̘̱̰̬͖̻̼̥̖̩͉ọ̸̡̰̼͕̘̠̹͍͓̫̖͖ͯ̔͐ͪ̈͑ͣͦm̧̧̡̤͈̗̞̖̺̗̘̱͆̑̈ͧ̃̃ͦ̑͊̋̾̓̕p̢̝͈̹͍̯͓͈͉̳̹͚̞̭̻͙͗͆̒͗̔̆̈́ͣ͌̽͋͗͊̈̒ͪ̚̕̕ư̴̸̲̗̙͚͚͕͖ͮͧ̍̾͆̓̊̈́̒̾̆͋͐̊͑̌ͫ͞͝ͅţ̷̶̄̅͒͋ͣ̽̚͠͏̠̮̥͉̟͖̼̳͚̺͔̭͔̜̥̙ȩ̸̡͖̠̘̘̟̲̭̦͓͚̠͖͖̪̬̈́͒̃ͨ̾ͯ̆ͤ͐͗̅̆͜͜r̢̧̜͕̻̮͎̙̱̆̈͂ͭ̈̀̚͢s̠̫͚̞͍̠̪͍̳͎͇͒ͦͪͦ̌̀̇̈̄̉̇̆̍ͫ̚͜͝͝͝͞ ̸̖̣̻͎͎̲̖̞͙̪͉̙̙̝̪͍̖ͨ̌̌̈̋̐͛ͨͥ̓̍̀̚͟a̔̾͆͒̉̓ͩ͂ͬͤ͂̽̋̋ͫͫ҉̭͉̞̱͘r̡̝̹̤̯̔̓͑ͭ͒̆̔͡ḕ̢̞̺̯̮̯̳̏ͯͨ̑̏ͬ͊͗͊̀̀̚ ̶̸͚̹͈͇̦̣̹͎̞̳͒̍̍ͪͨͥ͗̈ͯͨ͗̌ͮ͢͡ͅj̹̤̥͇̻̺̱͚̣̗̮̼͔̟̬̼͔͗̄́ͭͯͮ͑̔̓̔͊͑̕͜͠ụ̧͓̦̻͗̃̑́̚̕͢͝s̵̵̩̭̥̹̮̱͈͇͙̤̯̬̺̠̯̙̞͈ͧ̉̓̓ͪͩ̐ͪ̚͞t̶̶͑͛̃ͥ̊ͤ̏̔̓͋̃͛̔̿̿ͬ̓́҉͖̥̹̜̲̯̪̦͇̫̫̟͈̭̟ ̴̢̛͎̫͍̳̻̼͕͉͇̼̥̜̖ͨ͒ͫ͋̏̎ͪ͒ͧ̑͜͟ȃ̓̉̽̂͂̈͏̷̵̨̧̯̦͎͕̠͓̗̲͍͕̞̫̹̦͙ ̵̢̡͚̟̪̔̿ͦ͌̇ͬͨ̕͝ͅw̢̢̛̝̣̦̗͍͉̱̖̬̋ͤͥͤ͒́̌͒́a̠͍̻̱̰̰͉̫͖͒̽͌͌ͪ͢͡͡͝y̷̩̖̰̙̦̖ͦ̊ͯ̌̑̈́̽͒̕ ̵̡̡̞̺̙͕̼̪̖̤͕̟̭̱̲̮̆ͦ̊͐̌̈ͥ͒͘͟ͅͅf̸̢͖̝͉͎̠̭̃̑͛͆́̉̑ͤͩ̓̚͟͡ͅo̷̺̯̰͚̻̳͖̯̤̯̹̻̫̐ͤ̈́̈́̉̂͋͛̈́ͭ̌ͦ̀̀͘͢r̷̸̸̹̠̺̥͈̮̼̺̱̲̫̘̫̯͉̫̄̆̆̐ͫ͋̂͑͊̉͊̈̅̂̽̾̾ͅ ̢̧̹͓͖͈͚̟͇͖̂ͧ̈̊̅m̵̶̢̮͕̩͔̰̥̮̮̬̀̈͛ͭ̃́́̚̚ͅe̍ͫ͌̎̑̓̀̚̕҉̷̭͙̠̺͓̞͈͇̭̱͚̠̟̣̱͎̩̖̕ͅ ̡̘̟͔̩̩̿ͣ͊̀̎̆̓̇ͥ́́͡͠t̉̌͂̾ͥ̍̿҉͈͎͇̪̝̞̞͍̳̦̱͓̜̬̙̲̼͘͜͝o̧͑̈́̐̇͛͏̡͏̨̩̖̠̣̩̯͉͖͔ ̶̨̺̫͔̥͙̺͚̠̦͊ͨͪ̀̔͛͋ͨͭ̎ͯ͊ͪ̑̚͡͝eͥ͐ͦ̈ͣ̽̆҉͡҉̩̙̝͔͈̮̥̯̞̠̝͖̻̥̘͝ņ̵̵̨͕̱͙̫̲͕̘͓̭̲̳̫̝͉̻̓̇̍ͬ̀̒ͅt̴̛̩͍͕̮͐ͫ͐ͣ͛̊͋̚̚͟ę̪͍̺̙̟̏͗̐̊ͩ͢͞ͅr̫̺̜̼̰͉̞̪̺̦̞̜͔̩̤̯̥̂̎̏ͪ͌̃̊̊ͮ͆ͩ͊͞ ̱̫̦̪̼̘͍͈̱̪̹̟̜̰̳̻̹̓ͨ͗̏ͬ̃͆̈́ͬ̏͌́͜ȁ̷̜̖̯̩͓̣̘̩͖̩̲͕̯̫̺͇̤̬͛̍ͣ̀͌͐̓̓ͨ̽̓ͮ̇̉ͦ̇̚̕͜͞͝n̡͙̩̼̩̱̬͎͔̹͖͕̅̐͌͛̎ͪ͠d̶͉͍͙̗͔͓̂͆͂ͥ̊͌ͣ͆͋̈́̇͆ͨ͘͢͞ ̬̳̲̹͕̳͗̌͑ͦ́̕͢ͅe̷̶̶̞̞͕̖̹̭͕̲̤̗̯͚̹̦̮̥̓͊ͨ͋ͨ̊ͧ͗̂̅̒̍̅͗ͧ̎ͩ̑͌̕͞x̨̲͓̼̟̬̖̤̮̬̣̮̪̹̟̿ͧͯ͐ͩ̎͞i̷̛͍͉̗̤ͧͫͥ͜ţ̴̸̝͍̱̫͕̦̲̘̣͈͎̭̠̪̦̳͔̉̃̈ͫ̂͘ ̸̷͇̱̻̤̲͉̟͖̞̰̳̟̀͊̌͛̓ͯͧͪ͛̋͌ͦ̍̓̽ͮ̐̇̚͝͡y͒̄ͯͮ̇̉͊̆͐ͧͥ͂͛͐̀҉̠̜͓͙͔̯͉͈̣̞̠̠͈͚̖͟͝o̶̸̟̤̳͉͙̯͖̫̩͔̖̯̝̝͈̲͍ͯ̔̏̔͐̓ͅṷ̝̣͖͓̖͕̲͎̼̼̘̝͂̒̅̿̀̕͘͞ͅͅr̡̩̩͉̟̐̀̆ͬ̓ͮ͋̑̀̓ͬ͝͠ ̛͕͔̫̥͇̬͔͎̞̺̗̬͖̝̌̈͆ͧ̓̚͞r̿̅͐̈́̇̐͑̓̏͊͆̂͏̯̦̪͉ęͣ̓̐̊͒̌͂̔ͥ͋ͬͫ̍̃҉̶̧͖̫̤̥̺̭̞͎͔̬̻̺̘̕ͅa̛͙̯̭̤̹̣̱̼̜͇͇̜͋̃̓̾̅ͫ̊̐ͣ͑̇ͩ̋̽̊̔͠l̵̛͚̜̻͖͖͉̭̝͈͙̤̲͉̩̺̙͂̇ͮͮ̂̈̌ͥ̌ͣ̎̔ͩͨͮ̕̕͢ͅm̓͑ͥͬ̎ͦͨ͒̈̆̀͏̴̪̭̘̩̘̣͕͖̞͎̩̰̫̺͘ ̡̧̰̯͈͎͉͔̺̭̩̻͍̜̥̝̪̳̯̳̈́ͦ̂͊̊ͥ͌́̚̚̚͟͝a̶̶̷̖̹̰̮̙̩͎̯̫̜̾͛̔ͮ̂ͪͫͪ͛ͣ͜ṱ̷̵̷̝̬̩̭͑͒ͭ̕ ̛̗͇̖̤̝̝̄̓̿̒͗ͬ̎ͫ͢m̴̜͕̩͚͉̝̼̺͖̀ͦ́̏ͪ̀͜ỳ̴͎̲̠͍̱̱̺̠̙̬͓̲̻͇̙̼͗̓̌ͧ̐́̓̍ͦ͑ͥ̃̑ͭͫ̐͐ͮ̀͜͟͝ ̨ͯ̿̇ͤ̍͊ͣ͡҉̯̪͕̙͎͜͢w̴̶̤͎͍̺̱̭ͣ̓͋ͪ́͜͟h̵̢̡̞̦̯̟̲̲̠̫̭̺̗͉̞͒̏͋̌̂ͬ̊̏ͥ͆͐ͫ͂ͯ̈̾̑ͨ̀͞i̢̮̦̜̖̗͙͎̻̱̞̋̏̊ͥ͗ͯ̎͒̃͒ͧͥm̵̼̰̙̹ͧ̂͆̔̓̆̎ͤ̾͊̏̑̉ͥ.̶̴̧͉͓͍̭̤̼͎͈͚̣̿̏͊ͮͩ̑ͮ̕
That’s trippy. Nevertheless, what he’s trying to say is:
“I thought I heard my name mentioned. Yes, all computers are just a way for me to enter and exit your realm at my whim”
Please check your network cable !
A wild Missingno Appeared!
Duct tape, caulking, and zip ties can fix anything!
^ not true. after I got done w/ my last ex…wow…NOTHING could’ve fixed that…
Coming from a PC hardware technician, I have to say that that is a WIN of a repair-kludge.
Of course, I’d always replace a broken ethernet cable head with a new one, but in a pinch this will work. I’ll have to remember this.
Thanks Cheesburger network!
you didn’t use enough zip ties then
Wow. I make software for DSL modems, often times various cables have broken tabs on the plugs, I could totally use this!
Tech-recycling ftw!
Well, there’s fixing things that are broken, often with decent results, then there’s wasting time and effort. Either get a new patch cable, or stick a new plug on, not that it matters too much as the plug will work fine without the tab. If it’s critical it stays in, then you probably shouldn;t be sticking bits of old cable tie on it.
How can replacing the “plug” be faster?
If you’ve got the proper crimping tool, replacing ethernet plugs and making custom cables is a very quick process.
Is this the part where you try to sell us said proper crimping tool?
“You’re gonna love my…” aww, forget it.
BILLY MAYS HERE
Yeah… because going to the store to pick up more CAT5 or a “plug” is going to be so much faster than the proven cable tie trick. Just about every network cable in my house has been fixed in this way on at least one end.
Just keep your cable types straight, or you’ll be having CAT(5) & mouse games.
user 6437378, you’re an idiot. The point of a “kludge” is to fix a problem with the materials available on hand. Do you not understand the whole point of this website?
Of course replace the connector would be the proper way to fix it but the fact that you feel the need to point that out is not particularly impressive or noteworthy.
I was going to say something similar, but you said it better anyway.
Not to be confused with WinZip ™…
This is the only time I have been INSPIRED by a kludge!
I think my colleague has a similar issue, but he seems to have fixed it in another way.
http://flic.kr/p/8nbXEm
Seriously?? For the cost of the Super Glue and the Zip Tie you could have bought a new cable.
Kludge. KLUDGE… Can you hear me now?
It seems to be bottlenecking the connection.
…expressed in mega-zips per second, propably?
I guess someone took out a restraining order against that cable.
Win! I need to try that on my ethernet cable. It was the last thing I ever bought from Circuit City before they went out of business…and the tip broke lol
Brilliant! I came into work just this past Monday morning only to find that my ethernet cable had been broken while my computers were being juggled around the Friday before. I cannibalized one from a nearby unused phone, but I need my nice long cord. I am sooooooo going to try this as soon I as get home and find some zip ties. I just hate calling IT for small crap like this.
I think the really strange part of a kludge kicks in, when you actually think about it – to consider it as a “solution” for yourself.
Why bother fixing it? they stay in fine without the clip, so long as your not moving your computer around a lot, and if you are you probably should be using wireless.
for at least 4 years i dealt with dropped connections due to a broken modem cable plug falling out. i finally just used cloth tape and manufactured a wedge of sorts. this is better though, and necessary.