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I ended up uninstalling the current version of Calibre, since all of this took place after I "upgraded". I re-installed the prior version, which I luckily still had in the recycle bin. I found, though, that initially the Content Server IP address was still reported as 127.0.0.1. So I went into the Preferences-->Tweaks and looked for the tweak mentioned regarding the interface and changed the '0.0.0.0' to my Calibre server's internal IP address, restarted the Calibre server, and it now shows the proper internal IP address and port number.
The proof of the 'fix' is that I could connect to the Content Server with my phone using Calibre Companion and see/browse the library. The one thing in this dialog box I don't understand is the prompt for Wi-Fi to be on. I'm not sure why it should matter whether Wi-Fi is on since I'm not connecting through my internal network, unless it is presuming that the device is a solely non cellular connection.
I can connect through the web browser to my library as I could before, so I know the port forwarding is working correctly.
Now I'm in the process of resurrecting the database and cleaning up the metadata. With the change in location of the database to an internal drive, I am obviously hopeful that I won't experience any further database corruption. I have an app (Caffeine) I use on the Mac Mini to ensure the drives don't sleep, because of the very same issue that was mentioned relative to network drives. I run Plex on the Mini, but have way more multimedia content to serve up than I'd would probably fit on an internal drive (and don't want a stack of externals), which doesn't have any redundancy. I don't have any issues with Plex 'losing' the connection to those drives. I know this is a hardware dependent issue.
Thank you for your patience and support. Looking forward to getting the library cleaned up and in use!
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