In article
, Bill W
wrote:

I finally remembered what actually happened - crippled internet
connection.
I
kept getting messages of 3no internet2, but I did have internet, just
very slow, and it was the same in Chrome, Safari, and apps. And my ISP was
fine on my phone and other computers. I had no idea what to look at, so I
rebooted, and that fixed it.

if it was network connectivity, then disabling/re-enabling networking
would likely have sufficed.


rebooting is a sledge hammer, when a small screwdriver is all that's
needed.

That just goes back to my unfamiliarity with MacOS. I knew how to quickly
reboot, but not how to quickly turn networking on and off, even though I¹m
sure it¹s pretty simple.

apple menu, system preferences, network preference pane.

if the seemingly random arrangement of preference panes makes no sense
(quite likely) you can switch to alphabetical in the view menu. another
option is use the search field to find the relevant panes for whatever
setting you want to change.

And for anyone reading this who might be in a similar situation as me -
living in a ruralish area - I got T-Mobile Home Internet, a cell based ISP. I
am admittedly within a mile of the nearest cell tower, but I do get over
100Mbps, and it¹s only $60/month with no data caps or throttling. Verizon
has also started a similar service, but both are available only in limited
areas right now. I do recommend them. Good customer service, too from
T-Mobile.

this might be of interest:
https://www.netgear.com/home/mobile-wifi/hotspots/mr1100/