Guess you have yet to discover sarcasm.

I've reread my comments, and honestly don't understand how you feel so attacked. In my comment where I talk about the DIY'er having to teach the pro, I even used a LOL... but I guess you were seeing red at that point. Didn't mean to anger you.

At no point did I attack you. I did however point to what you said, and state with facts that I backed up, why I saw them as wrong. There is a difference between me stating that your statements are incorrect, and attacking you. You have however made numerous allusions to me being a "poo flinging primate", "...prove my dick is bigger", and other comments in the earlier posting. I get that you feel attacked because I corrected you, and since you see my points, you are on the defensive. But you are the one flinging the comments of a 13 year old, unless you want to attribute "poo flinging primate" to a 14 year old.

So, I'm just going to agree to disagree with you on this one. I haven't soldered an RS232 cable in over 15 years. I use the small RJ45 to DB9 adapters, as I like the flexibility, and ease of use. I think running CAT5 or 6 for serial works fine. In the few instances a problem arises, it is easily fixed by pulling a few bucks worth of gear out, that is the kind of stuff I have laying around for just such occasions. I think the flexibility of the networking cable outweighs the small downside of when it is used for RS232.