Linux 101 stuff. Questions are encouraged, noobs are welcome!

Hey I'm hoping someone here can lead me to help.

I updated fedora yesterday and all was working, shut down, still working on boot today, but I had to reboot for an unrelated issue (touchpad multi-touch wasn't working, it happens, reboots fix it) and now I can't connect to the internet.

Except I am connected to my router just fine, and my wifi works on my other devices, but my laptop refuses to connect to anything outside despite assuring me it is connected. Still can't connect to my VPN, tor, websites (browser or ping), torrents, or slsk. Whether or not my vpn is disabled, no matter, no "working" connection, despite insisting it is connected.

Any help is much appreciated.