[Mike Lu] likes to add serial ports to his routers to use for debugging but he didn’t want to drill holes in his new RT-N12. After a bit of head-scratching he thought about repurposing the four unused ...

I'm not so sure about using the serial port in C#, but with the regular old win32 api you pretty much just open the serial port like any other file specifiying "COM1" as the file name (or whatever the ...

I need to do a serial port connection with a win98 or Xp Pro box. It is to connect to a Nortel Meridian phone system. My problem is that I cannot get the Serial COnnection on Com2 to come up as an ...

Although serial port connections have been replaced by USB ports in most computers, older business equipment such as fax machines and printers may still utilize them. When a serial port stops ...

What is a serial port? Serial ports are generally built into the motherboard. This is why the connectors behind the casing that are connected to the motherboard by a wire cable can be used to connect ...

Connecting a computer running HyperTerminal emulator software to the console port of a router lets you access router information and modify settings without using the device's Web-based configuration ...

You all know that there are a number of serial ports in your personal computer. The serial ports act as interface which allows transfer of information between the computers. The first serial port is ...