My mac won't connect to Internet but all other dev...

hi there my Mac will not connect to the Internet but all other Apple and other devices will connect wirelessly can someone help ? Is it an issue with the IP address to the Mac or is it the DNS which is currently blank?

Try these manual network settings.
IP address      192.168.1.50
Subnet Mask   255.255.255.0
Default Gateway 192.168.1.254
DNS Server    192.168.1.254
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