@osgeld, that’s cool. Good to know. @pc486, I wrote this article. I synthesized a few HOWTOs for adding a serial port to your router. Nowhere in the article do I say anything dumb like USB-to-FTDI.

We know, you’ve already got a USB to serial adapter. Probably several of them, in fact. But that doesn’t mean you couldn’t use one more — especially when it’s as as cleverly designed as ...

I f you've been using computers for more than a couple of decades, you've probably used a serial port to attach peripherals like your mouse and modem. Until the USB standard rendered them obsolete ...

For years now, we have been hearing about the benefits that legacy-free PCs are going to deliver. The average user wants less confusion in their PC as they try and connect additional new peripheral ...

How to Redirect COM1 to a USB Port. Some software and specialty hardware requires you to use a traditional serial port. Serial ports have been around for decades and work by transferring one bit ...

Also known as an RS-232 port, serial ports provide very slow speeds and have been superseded by USB on desktop computers. USB-to-serial adapters are available for old peripherals. DB (D-Sub ...

Before USB ports became standard on PCs, several devices connected through a serial port. They're obsolete in many ways, but they still see some use.