Mojave now cannot establish a secure connection
Mac Mini 7,1 Intel Core i5 2.6 GHz
Mojave 10.14.6
AirPort Extreme v. 7.9.1
I recently restarted after an automatic system update, and since then I apparently can not establish secure connections to internet servers. Cannot connect to email
accounts through Mail, cannot connect to pages using Safari, and iCloud and Dropbox folders are not connecting or syncing. I cannot even connect to the Apple Server to upgrade to Catalina. But I am connecting to WiFi and my Mac can see the internet Though intermittently (per AirPort Utility). Other devices are connecting to the WiFi and to internet servers.
Following a suggestion in another thread from 1 year ago, I renamed my local network SSID. I unplugged and re-plugged the AirPort Extreme. I restarted my Mac, which apparently is not connecting to the update server, because it thinks each startup is the first after a system update.
Suggestions?