Ethernet Port is acting really strange?

So I am having the hardest time coming up with a solution to a really strange problem I'm having.
Day One: My ethernet port just stopped noticing when it was connected to a internet connection. I did a restart, PRAM reset, anything that I could think of. Nothing worked. I made an appointment to the Genius Bar and the same problem was happening there.
So they booted up a new image of OSX on a thumb drive and ethernet port was working! So the Genius bar guy removed all my preferences/network .plist files from MY OSX and everything was back to normal.
So we know this isn't a hardware issue.
Next day: No more ethernet, Again...
I did the same proceedure that the Genius bar did. No result. WHAT THE DUCE? I still didn't have an ethernet port.
I then reinstalled OSX, to get a clean state. Ethernet is back and working normally. All good.
Next day: Ethernet port "works" but is selective on which one it wants to use.
I work in two different offices.
At the first office. The port next to my desk doesn't work when I connect. Another person can plug in (with same cord or different chord and get internet access) no issues. I can go two feet over and plug in there and the ethernet port recognizes it is plugged in and I revieve internet.
At the second office, the cubicle I reside in has 4 ethernet ports. All four work for other people. Only 2 work for me.
WHAT THE DUCE is going on? Can anyone help me with this?

Along the same vein, after resetting the PRAM and SMC, try turning all security off: no firewall, enable all apps and turn FileVault off if in use. Not advocating a "go stroll naked in the rough side of town", but rather to try and confirn that those components have no bearing on the issue. Do enable all you use immediately after.

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