Review on 🔌 High-Quality USB to RS232 Male Adapter with PL2303 Chipset - CableCreation Serial Converter for Windows, Mac, and Linux by Phanikumar Larsen

I've used this for simple terminal operations on Cisco devices on three different Win10 computers and it's pretty easy. Windows will take a few minutes to finish setting up the drivers and virtual serial port. Then just start PuTTY (e.g.), select "Connection type: Serial" and change the serial line to COM3 or COM5 - whatever the computer has selected in Device Manager. , but can also be easily used with a USB extension cable. And I don't have to worry about cable wear and tear.