Solved: Linux Mint - USB to Serial Adpapter

sudo lsusb yields the following:

Bus 003 Device 009: ID 0403:6001 Future Technology Devices International, Ltd FT232 USB-Serial (UART) IC

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I tried:

sudo mknod /dev/ttyUSB0 c 188 0
sudo mknod /dev/ttyUSB1 c 188 1
sudo mknod /dev/ttyUSB2 c 188 2
sudo mknod /dev/ttyUSB3 c 188 3

Then tried connecting putty to /dev/ttyUSB0 as well as /dev/usb/ttyUSB0 with no avail. Also,

dmesg | grep tty

infatuas@infalap /dev $ dmesg | grep tty
[    0.000000] console [tty0] enabled
[    1.406901] 0000:00:16.3: ttyS4 at I/O 0x60b0 (irq = 19) is a 16550A
[    1.517548] tty tty25: >hash matches
[    4.709880] fbcon: Remapping primary device, fb1, to tty 1-63
[ 3408.505609] usb 3-1: >FTDI USB Serial Device converter now attached to ttyUSB0
[ 3741.459615] ftdi_sio ttyUSB0: >FTDI USB Serial Device converter now disconnected from ttyUSB0
[ 3748.050031] usb 3-1: >FTDI USB Serial Device converter now attached to ttyUSB0
[ 4003.066403] ftdi_sio ttyUSB0: >FTDI USB Serial Device converter now disconnected from ttyUSB0
[ 4006.354382] usb 3-1: >FTDI USB Serial Device converter now attached to ttyUSB0
[ 4224.281508] ftdi_sio ttyUSB0: >FTDI USB Serial Device converter now disconnected from ttyUSB0
[ 4894.939763] usb 3-1: >FTDI USB Serial Device converter now attached to ttyUSB0
[ 5052.063467] ftdi_sio ttyUSB0: >FTDI USB Serial Device converter now disconnected from ttyUSB0
[ 5059.916847] usb 3-1: >FTDI USB Serial Device converter now attached to ttyUSB0
[ 5157.253392] ftdi_sio ttyUSB0: >FTDI USB Serial Device converter now disconnected from ttyUSB0
[ 5168.936395] usb 3-2: >FTDI USB Serial Device converter now attached to ttyUSB0
[ 5184.793772] ftdi_sio ttyUSB0: >FTDI USB Serial Device converter now disconnected from ttyUSB0
[ 5186.710341] usb 3-1: >FTDI USB Serial Device converter now attached to ttyUSB0
[ 5234.840650] ftdi_sio ttyUSB0: >FTDI USB Serial Device converter now disconnected from ttyUSB0
[ 5237.628856] usb 3-1: >FTDI USB Serial Device converter now attached to ttyUSB0

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