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Convert Keyboard Scroll Lock and Num Lock LEDs as Network Activity Indicators

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Many times to see the network activity on my computer, I have to get up from my chair and peep behind my monitor to look at the router to see if any activity is going on. I was just searching if there was a way to monitor using the hardware indicators like keyboard LEDs. After Googling for a while I found this wonderful free tool called Network Lights that allows you to convert your keyboard Scroll Lock and Num Lock LEDs as Network activity indicators.

This utility is pretty small and works out of the box, there is no installation required. When you run this utility it sits in your system tray and immediately you will be able to see that the keyboards Scroll Lock and Num Lock LED’s are now acting as network activity indicators.

keyboad_led_network_activity

The the blink rate of the keyboard LEDs can be controlled from the options that is provided in the program. The default blink rates is 100ms, if you intend to increase or decrease this then you can change it from the options that is provided.

network_lights_settings

Also you can view your network statistics using this program.

network_statistics

This utility works in Windows XP and Windows Vista. This is pretty useful program that I needed and has found a place for itself in my software collections. :)

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12 Responses to “Convert Keyboard Scroll Lock and Num Lock LEDs as Network Activity Indicators”

  1. Freakin Awesome!

    Am I the first to post? Groovy.

  2. [...] 15 Oktober 2008 oleh Adi Gunawan Secara kebetulan saya menemukan link ini yang menerangkan bagaimana lampu indikator keyboard untuk scroll lock dan num lock bisa menjadi [...]

  3. yeah man thats very nice and i liked it very much if u get some more types of it then please inform ne.

  4. tleds id the linux equivalent in case you’re interested

  5. hehe! Pretty nice ! My colleagues are thinking there is a problem wid my keyboard :P

  6. great app , really liked it .

  7. Thanks! Finally an interesting app!

  8. Tried, works, cool, thanks.

  9. Really cool man…Love it. Nice idea!

  10. This is a creative idea haha, I should try it. Thanks for telling friend.

  11. It is a very useful tool to check the network activity in the keyboard. :)

  12. The quality of your article is very good. Nice reading, informative, and thought provoking.

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