Slow networking, programs wont open, broken ethernet port - so many probs!

WE've got some 3 year old power macs in the office - 2 x g5's and one g4. there are a number of problems:
1) the g4 ethernet port has broken - i've been quoted £500 to get it fixed (thoughi may find it cheaper elsewhere) - but basically i need a cheaper option. someone tripped over the wire and completely dislodged the bit where it plugs in. if anyone knows of an alternative that would be great. tried an ethernet/usb adaptor but there werent any drivers to make it work.
2) the second problem is the networking - one of the g5's connects to the internet fine but when i try to network to or from it with any computer inc my laptop it is so slow - what normally takes 20 seconds to transfer takes 3 hours with this one. i have no idea why it's suddenly started doing this - sometimes it just freezes and i have to restart all the computers.
3) photoshop wont open on one computer - it just says 'unexpectedly quit - do you want to send a bug report' - but it never even opens!
4) quark wont open on some user accounts - it says 'it wont open on a locked volume' - but i havent locked anything!

Belkin has stated they intend to release new drivers for the F5D5005 that will support 10.4x. However, as of the present they have not done so. Given that Belkin is taking longer then I would expect them to take, and that the card has been backordered for sometime, I would agree that one of the other compatible gigabit cards is a better choice at this time.
It's funny that you bring this up, as I was just researching a new gigabit card for one of our G4 Quicksilver servers after an old Asante card finally died after many years of abuse (It's been in about a dozen machines at one time or another).
I'm looking at the Netgear, or Hawking, both work natively under 10.4, though the Hawking has had reports of problems with iPv6, though I would think the problem would include the Netgear as they both use the same realtek chips. However as iPv6 is not an issue with our network, I can just disable iPv6 support on the server.
Tom N.

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