you kind of a lost me and went a bit over my head in terms of familiarity with some of this stuff.  I'm more than happy to test any ideas you have.  Can you dumb it down a touch for me for what i should try to modify and i'll give it a shot.  For instance i can't find anything that says dp_lan.ini

so i modified the driverpack to include wdfldr.sys and wdf01000.sys.  now when i boot up ubcd it actually shows there is a driver there, but unfortunately the device says the driver is corrupted or the system is low on resources.  I'm a step closer though..

I have left work for the day.. i'll give this a shot on monday and report back with my findings.

thx techdud.  I had noticed the coinstallers also.  it does get copied to bartpe/ubcd but it doesn't seem like the disks know how to use.  i suspected that is my problem, but just can't figure out how to fix it.

Here's the link the manufacturer.
XP
http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc … ru05ww.exe

win 7
http://download.lenovo.com/ibmdl/pub/pc … rd11ww.exe

Has anyone had any luck loading drivers for the Asix ax88772b or ax88179 USB nics in either bartpe or ubcd?

I have tried the drivers off the manufacturer's website along with the driver packs on this site.  In both cases bart and ubcd seem to recognize what the device is because in the comp management msc it shows the device name, however it has an exclamation point on it because the drivers are not installed.   I'm able to replicate it on multiple Lenovo laptops.  Unfortunately i don't have any other model to test with.

hardware ID's for the nics are
ax88772b USB\Vid_17ef&Pid7203  (this is a lenovo branded usb nic.  the hID is slightly different than the Asix driver)
ax88179 USB\Vid_0b95&Pid1790

The ax88179 is a USB hub with a built in nic.  all the usb ports work fine.  I swear i'm missing something really simple, but just can't pin point it.

Any suggestions?  If more details are needed, let me know and i will do my best to provide.