Macs show up as "unknown" on my router's DHCP Client Table

Both of my Macs, an Intel Mac Mini running Snow Leopard and a G4 iMac running Tiger show up as "unknown" in my router's DHCP client table.
All of my Windows PCs all show up with their computer names.
Is there a way to get my Macs' computer names to show up in the DHCP client table? The router is a Linksys RTP300.

Open Network System Preferences, click on the service you are using to connect to the network (airport, ethernet, etc), click on Advanced and go to the TCP/IP tab. There is a field for DHCP client ID. This may pass a name to the router and it may use it. I don't know.
Another option is the WINS tab. You can set the Netbios name (other than the default) and workgroup (and any WINS servers, if you know their addresses).

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