How can I get on the internet with my newly purchased used G5 Power Mac if my ethernet port failed?

We just bought our son a used G5 Power Mac, but when we got it home and tried to hook it up to the internet, no luck. We changed ethernet calbes, tried plugging directly into wall cable (by-passing router), even tried to do manual config, but no luck. I took it to the Genius Bar today and they said the ethernet plug was broken, and they did not have anything for a "vintage" machine like this.
The Genius Bar tech told me to buy a USB Network Adaptor, however no one (Best Buy, Radio Shack, even searched the internet) seems to have them for Mac. What can I do to get this puppy connected to the internet and how much would it cost? Did we get screwed?
Here is the seriel # + info that the seller gave us:
Seriel # G8******QPM
Mac OS X 10.5.8 (9L31a)
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The Powermac G5 Dual Core 2.3 is powered by a "dual core" 2 GHz PowerPC 970MP (G5) processor with dual optimized AltiVec "Velocity Engine" vector processing units (one per core), four double-precision FPUs (two per core) and a 1 GHz frontside system bus. It 's configured with 4 GB of DDR SDRAM, a 160 GB (7200 RPM) Serial ATA hard drive, a 16X dual-layer "SuperDrive"
Connectivity includes USB 2.0, FireWire "400" and "800", Two DVI port, optical digital audio in/out, two independent Gigabit Ethernet ports. All of the "multiple core" equipped Power Macintosh G5 models have three open PCI-Express (PCIe) expansion slots. The Power Macintosh G5 Dual Core 2ghs uses an easy-to-upgrade "anodized aluminum alloy" case with a removable side panel for easy access to internal components. Likewise, it is divided into four different thermal zones with nine computer-controlled fans for optimum cooling.

Sorry, the 2ndlink should be...
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/NewerTech/MXP2802NU2C/
Fully Mac OS X supported with with on-screen
menu set-up and full user manual.
http://eshop.macsales.com/item/Asus/USBN10/
OS Support Mac 10.4/10.5/10.6
I don't have those exact models, but have seen others here use them.

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