The old style network activity icon with animation - how to get it back, or a similar software?

Question

I found it quite useful to have network activity flashing in my sys tray, as I have no LED on my laptop that does a similar function. Whats the optimal way of getting the original functionality back?

Answer 1

There are 3rd party tools which do what you want.

But alternatively you could install (another 3rd party tool) Network Lights:

Network Lights is a Windows program, which blinks keyboard LEDs (Light Emitting Diode) indicating outgoing and incoming network packets on network interface.
Network Lights lets you monitor network activity (upload/download) from your keyboard ScrollLock and NumLock indicators. Each LED will flicker when network traffic is detected.