Looking for LED Light up Network Cable

[roylik]

I am working on a custom build for an entertainment room. Similar to how USB cables now have a light up variety, are there any network cables that are the same? Bonus if they flash when data is transferring. If not does anyone have an idea?

 

[bill001g]

Maybe I am just too old, I would have thought this was a joke if I did not see manufactures hyping LEDS and putting the functional specs in the fine print.

It will be hard for ethernet to accomplish this. USB has the ability for the end device to provide power so the cable could steal some. Ethernet is extremely low power and if you used any of it to light LED you likely would cut the distance the cable could go. The cable actually uses voltage difference to do the signalling and the voltage is well below what most LEDS need to run. They would have somehow let the LED pull power without affecting the volatage.

There is PoE for ethernet but this is a active protocol and a cable can not turn it on. Even if the cable could somehow trick a PoE switch into providing power it would then have to prevent the power going to the end device. Standard PoE is 48 volts which can easily damage equipment.

 

[roylik]

I was thinking something similar. I was looking into getting some Fiber Filaments and clear shrink wrap to see if I can get the ends to line up with the activity light on the network switch. The run is only about 10-15 feet and it is nearly all straight within an enclosed environment. I am thinking that may be my best option.