A connector, in particular an RJ 45 connector, comprising: - a housing which has a socket-side end region and a cable-side end region, - a printed circuit board which is arranged in the housing, wherein -- the printed circuit board has a plurality of socket contacts for electrically conductive contact with contact elements of a socket in its socket-side end region, and wherein -- the printed circuit board has a plurality of stranded wire contacts in its cable-side end region, said stranded wire contacts being designed as insulation piercing connectors and which can be connected to individual strands of at least one connector cable, in particular of a network cable, and - stranded wire receiving elements, wherein the stranded wire receiving elements are arranged in the housing and have stranded wire receiving openings, wherein individual strands of the connector cable can be inserted into the stranded wire receiving openings and wherein the stranded wire receiving elements on the printed circuit board can be pulled over the insulation piercing connectors in order to connect the individual insulation piercing connectors to the individual strands of the connector cable in an electrically conductive manner, wherein the socket contacts comprise signal-transmitting socket contacts and energy-transmitting socket contacts, and the stranded wire contacts comprise signal-transmitting stranded wire contacts and energy-transmitting stranded wire contacts, and wherein each signal-transmitting socket contact is electro-conductively connected to an assigned signal-transmitting stranded wire contact by means of the printed circuit board, characterized in that the housing further has a stranded wire receiving element guide, wherein the stranded wire receiving elements are configured such that in the event of being pulled over or placed they are guided along guiding grooves of the stranded wire receiving element guide, wherein projections or rails are formed on lateral surfaces of the stranded wire receiving elements which can be inserted into the guiding grooves on inner lateral surfaces of the stranded wire receiving element guide. - a housing which has a socket-side end region and a cable-side end region, - a printed circuit board which is arranged in the housing, wherein -- the printed circuit board has a plurality of socket contacts for electrically conductive contact with contact elements of a socket in its socket-side end region, and wherein -- the printed circuit board has a plurality of stranded wire contacts in its cable-side end region, said stranded wire contacts being designed as insulation piercing connectors and which can be connected to individual strands of at least one connector cable, in particular of a network cable, and -- the printed circuit board has a plurality of socket contacts for electrically conductive contact with contact elements of a socket in its socket-side end region, and wherein -- the printed circuit board has a plurality of stranded wire contacts in its cable-side end region, said stranded wire contacts being designed as insulation piercing connectors and which can be connected to individual strands of at least one connector cable, in particular of a network cable, and - stranded wire receiving elements, wherein the stranded wire receiving elements are arranged in the housing and have stranded wire receiving openings, wherein individual strands of the connector cable can be inserted into the stranded wire receiving openings and wherein the stranded wire receiving elements on the printed circuit board can be pulled over the insulation piercing connectors in order to connect the individual insulation piercing connectors to the individual strands of the connector cable in an electrically conductive manner, wherein the socket contacts comprise signal-transmitting socket contacts and energy-transmitting socket contacts, and the stranded wire contacts comprise signal-transmitting stranded wire contacts and energy-transmitting stranded wire contacts, and wherein each signal-transmitting socket contact is electro-conductively connected to an assigned signal-transmitting stranded wire contact by means of the printed circuit board, characterized in that the housing further has a stranded wire receiving element guide, wherein the stranded wire receiving elements are configured such that in the event of being pulled over or placed they are guided along guiding grooves of the stranded wire receiving element guide, wherein projections or rails are formed on lateral surfaces of the stranded wire receiving elements which can be inserted into the guiding grooves on inner lateral surfaces of the stranded wire receiving element guide.