[PLUG] USB serial adapter

Colin Kuskie ckuskie at dalsemi.com
Tue Sep 13 20:33:20 UTC 2005


On Tue, Sep 13, 2005 at 11:41:00AM -0700, Jason R. Martin wrote:
> There was a thread on here not too long ago about USB serial adapters,
> and I'm in the market for one.  I'm looking for a USB->DB9 adapter to
> use for debugging kernel stuff on my desktop from my laptop (which is
> of course missing a DB9 plug).  Anyone have any suggestions on an
> adapter that works under Linux?

That was my thread, and I got (and will pass on) two pieces of advice:

>From a friend at Intel:
	They suck, don't use them.

>From the USB users list:
	Buy Belkin

And my own advice:
	Do not buy from ATEN.

Good luck,
Colin



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