MANHATTANStrategic 151856 USB Serial Conv DB9M, FT232RL Chipset,18in

This cable works well in Linux and should work well in most any modern OS. The manufacturer provides drivers for Linux, Mac and Windows on the included mini CD and on their web site. In Linux at least, the driver is included in any kernel above 2.6.9, so no driver should need to be installed. You just plug the cable into a USB port and the system will detect it as a pl2303 device and attach it to /dev/ttyUSB0. Dmesg reports:[60253.000715] usb 4-1.3: new full-speed USB device number 4 using ehci_hcd[60253.086957] usb 4-1.3: New USB device found, idVendor=067b, idProduct=2303[60253.086962] usb 4-1.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0[60253.086965] usb 4-1.3: Product: USB-Serial Controller D[60253.086967] usb 4-1.3: Manufacturer: Prolific Technology Inc.[60253.087312] pl2303 4-1.3:1.0: pl2303 converter detected[60253.089056] usb 4-1.3: pl2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB0I used this to back up a 21-year old Casio SF-4300B digital diary on a computer without a serial port, using the XLink/Win program in Wine. When using this cable in Wine, you have to link the Linux device to the Windows serial port COM1, with the command "ln -s /dev/ttyUSB0 ~/.wine/dosdevices/com1" as regular user, as mentioned at [...]. Then, any Windows software that runs in Wine should be able to access your serial device. I don't currently know of any native Linux software than can back up these Casio diaries.The 13 inches of cable in this converter were practical with the Traveling Software serial cable I used it with.

Indispensable when working on multiple systems (ie clustered systems) at the same time from the console.Previous reviewer gave 1 star because you couldn't assign com ports, go show me any serial - usb converter that can. Mine always come up at com8 and com9 every time...Anyways, the short answer is this works - most of the time. I see sometimes one com port dies until I reseat the USB, I'd guess this is an issue with my laptop.Another plus - they have linux drivers, supposedly only tested for redhat 7 or something ?? - but at least its something to work with. Mac drivers too.Happy consoling.Update 07-Nov-2009 - This works flawlessly in linux with Ubuntu 8.x and Fedora 11 - with no need for drivers. It works automagically, even better than Windows. No more intermittent COM issues, so it must have been a Windows issue. Upgrading stars to 5.

on windows10 there are no drivers by default, so converter will not work. I did not try if drivers for windows7 will work (seems producer does not create driver version for windows 8 or 10)I've tried this converter with Linixmint (on currently available version 19.1 Tessa) and its working. For that I've used standard console program "minicom", which is not installed by default on this LinuxTo sum up: this USB to Serial Converter is okay to use.

Bought this to connect newer boxes/laptops w/o a serial port to Cisco routers and switches via a standard console/rollover cable. This worked great right out of the box with support for Linux (Tested with Ubuntu 10.04 LTS).To get it quickly configured for minicom do the following:Plug in the adapterwait a few secondsOpen a terminal window and type: dmesg | grep ttyNote which tty the device has been assignedThen in terminal: sudo suConfigure Minicom with: minicom -s (sudo required)Select to configure serial port setupChange the serial device to the tty to which the adapter was assigned.Set BPS/parity/bits to required (Cisco 96008N1 - no flow control)Exit and save as the defaultHope this helped saved you some time if you are purchasing for the same reason, I will buy this again in the future if I need another.Too fast? reference: [...]PS: If you are having trouble getting minicom from the repository (via apt-get) make sure you have universe and multiverse enabled to download minicom, do this through the package manager settings then run apt-get update and you should be good to go, google if you are having more trouble.

Outstanding cable! Bought 4 and plugged them into my Dell Toweredge T110II running Ubuntu 12.04lts. The OS picked them all up immediately and I was able to configure my 3 routers and 2 switches through their respective console ports using ser2net and tera terminal with ease. For s@#$% and giggles, I also plugged it into my laptop running windows 7. Plug and play automatically installed the driver and it worked just as flawlessly. Besides its perfect performance, the cable is also way cheaper (and stylish) than anything else you'll find at Amazon, Best Buy and Microcenter. I wouldn't just recommend this cable to anyone studying for their CCNA, I'd insist that it was mandatory!

This USB to Serial adapter is definitely worth the cost! I use this cable to connect to my Cisco switches at work via PuTTY/KiTTY and it works like a charm. So far, I ran this adapter with Windows 7 (32 and 64bit), Windows 8, and Windows XP, and in every instance, the driver was installed without any prompts showing up. However, due to OS limitations, the COM number will probably change if you switch it into another USB port on your laptop, so keep that in mind.

Needed a cable to mate with a serial cable for use with the Putty console. This cable worked just fine doing that, and the only issue I encountered was with the driver cd provided. Surprisingly, it appears that the CD was blank when shipped to me. Not altogether a big deal since I just went to their support site and downloaded the drivers, but could be a showstopper if offsite and no internet access. Great quality product anyhow. Would recommend it again for the price and purpose.

It appears to work just fine, however the purpose for buying it, still doesn't work correctly. It did install easily and correctly as near as I can tell.