Troubleshooting Ethernet socket

My Airport card's been giving me fits, so I've tried to connect an ethernet cable to my router, but get no connectoin. The G4 keeps telling me there's no cable connected.
When I connect the same cable to another device (Xbox), it works fine. This leads me to believe that my Ethernet socket/board is messed up. When I opened the terminal, the ethernet stuff is kinda buried.
1) Is there software or something that will help diagnose and test the ethernet socket/board?
2) Do I dare try to open things up and try to replace the ethernet myself?

I'm working the ethernet issue because I've spent the better part of the last 3-4 months trying to get online with my Airport card. I'm the only Mac in a house full of PCs connecting via a Linksys wireless G router. The problem there is a rather "cyclical" signal level through the day. So, I'm trying to get online via ethernet until I can figure out the Airport card trouble.
Because of all the garbage I've gone through with that problem, I've cycled computers, cycled routers, cycled cable modems, created, modified & discarded various Network Preferences, cycled router security & channels & settings. You name it, I've torn through everything except the card and the ethernet socket itself.
There was a time last year when the ethernet worked. Now when I plug in, neither end gets a light. I've tried several different cords, setting configs...yada, yada, yada. The only thing I can think of is to somehow diagnose the hardware, but I don't know how to do that.
I love my Mac, but it should be easier than this.

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