When using mac on a home wireless network it causes all PC's to lose internet access

When my Mac Books accesses the internet on our home wireless network it keeps all PC's from being able to acccess the internet.  Is there a setting on my Mac that keeps this from happening?

Your ISP gave you an Address that looks like a random number. That goes only on the Internet-facing side of your Router. mine is something like 108.72.155.38. If you have your own Router, that number is NEVER the Manual IP Address of your Mac.
Your Router has a "strictly local" number to which all Internet-bound  traffic is sent. Mine is 192.168.0.1 These are numbers at the bottom of a DHCP grouping., and almost always end in .1  Your Mac should never have this number as its OWN Number, but it may end up being listed as a Router Address. Typical numbers often start with 10. or 172 as well.
Your Mac should have a number similar to, but not identical to the other computers on your local network. Setting it to pick up a number (from your Router) via DHCP says, "just get a number and use it." That is often the best way to proceed.

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    Hardware Version WPN824v3
    Firmware Version V1.0.7_1.0.8NA
    Internet Port
    MAC Address 00:1E:68:12:EB:1C
    IP Address [i]edited[/i]
    DHCP DHCP Client
    IP Subnet Mask 255.255.252.0
    Domain Name Server 167.206.254.2
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    LAN Port
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    IP Address 192.168.1.1
    DHCP ON
    IP Subnet Mask 255.255.255.0
    Wireless Port
    Name (SSID) jaydoc
    Region United States
    Channel 1
    Mode b and g
    Wireless AP ON
    Broadcast Name ON
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