IMac hogging the internet connection from PC

I have a serious issue with my iMac hogging the internet connection from my boyfriends PC. If I download he can't even look at a youtube video. Does anyone have a solution or an explanation?
It's driving us both mad!

Hmm. Basically it sounds like when you connect you 'steal' the Internet connection and I can think of two ways that would happen. Open System Preferences and select the  Network tab. Now click on the advanced button then in the top tab click on TCP/IP and you'll something like this:
Note that in the graphic above, next to Configure IPv4 you see Using DHCP. I'm wondering if yours is set differently. For that matter, I'm wondering how his computer is set up too.

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