This is a nice alternative to hyperterm which has now been a paid software. Teraterm is Opensource and you can be assured that it's always free!
Downloads page: https://osdn.net/projects/ttssh2/releases/
Home page: http://ttssh2.osdn.jp/
A nice piece of software with easy to use GUI and feature rich!
We are using this software to connect to the console terminal of router (both Juniper and Cisco router/switch) using USB port at the laptop end and Console cable.