Any cheaper alternatives to the M7600LLE Airport Card?

Hello,
We are trying to connect a Snow White G3 iBook, with a faulty ethernet card to the internet but can't afford the prices for a used or new original airport card. A friend mentioned that their are other companies which make USB devices which do the same thing. Is there a cheaper alternative which does the same thing as the M7600LLE card? The iBook is a model M6497 snow white iBook running OSX 1.2 I think. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
best,
Rich and Lily
G3 iBook - Snow White - M6497 Mac OS X (10.2.x) Burnt out Ethernet card

Moved to G3 section.

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