After a family LAN part, one of the patch cables would not come out of the Ethernet jack. Turns out the latching tab was bent and not working correctly; it was stuck. After getting plastic spudger to remove it, i decided that it should be fixed. I have the RJ-45 connectors, crimpers, and cheap tester.

This is still something I’m not good at, but after 30 minutes to get things together and work, it was fixed. I might have squeezed too tight though, the latch on the new cable won’t latch; almost back to square one. I probably would have been better off to just cut the original tab off, but I might as well try and try again.