Sniffing the Microsoft Keyboard and Mouse
To sniff the Microsoft® Keyboard and Mouse, start the USB HCI packet sniffer, select the Wireless Transceiver and select the Start Sniffing button.
On some versions of Windows® the Windows USB driver cannot reset when it is in use. In this case you get an error saying "Invalid Selection – device may be in use". To get around this problem use the following steps to sniff the Keyboard and Mouse.
- The first thing you need to do is to break the connections from the keyboard and mouse to the Wireless Transceiver. There is a button on the bottom of the keyboard. Press this button and hold for a bit to make sure it took effect. There is a similar button at the bottom of the mouse. Press and hold it too. We need to break all connections to the Wireless Transceiver or we are not able to restart.
- Start the USB HCI packet sniffer. On the data source find the Microsoft Wireless Transceiver and click the Start Sniffing button, and click the Start Capturing button.
- Go to the Start menu and find the Microsoft Keyboard program and use it to reconnect the keyboard.
- Go to the Start menu and find the Microsoft Mouse program and use it to reconnect the mouse.
- All traffic should now be sniffed.
