Mac wireless mouse left click not working on macbook pro laptop

I think I found a couple of solutions, but they have been temporary,,,,would welcome more ideas.
it happens when I travel. when you switch Wifi connections in different locations.
all of a sudden the left click on the mouse stops working, and you can only right click.
these are the only things that have worked so far to correct the issue:
rebooting (not always works)
hitting the escape key (worked at first)
making sure the mouse batteries are not low, and that no other track pads are interfering with it…(works sometimes)
the last fix was right clicking on the apple and putting it to sleep. then return by hitting escape and the problem was fixed (at least for now)
this happens all the time now, especially when I switch wifis….
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Mystery solved! The one thing I did not try was to actually print... which works! Even while the Mac OS X W-Fi icon still shows the 'connecting' animation or the 'problem' exclamation mark.
Possibly Mac OS X just signals that the Wi-Fi does not connect to the internet or the likes. The Wi-Fi connection per se does work, also with password and with IPv6 enabled.

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