Mini keeps adding a number to its name

I have a new Mac Mini with Lion installed.
Airport Extreme
Laptop - Mac Book Pro w/ Lion, also uses network - not having any issues
iPad 1, using network, no issues.
Last week it suddenly started incrementing the computer name on the network:  myName Mini (2),  MyName Mini (3),...
This causes issues with banking software because it assumes it is a new computer each time and makes me register the new computer each time.
1. Why is this happening?
2. How do I fix it?
3. How do I make sure it does not reoccur?
Thank you

I had this problem with my Mac Mini. My problem was that I had both the WiFi connected to my Time Capsule and connected through Ethernet. I originally did not have Ethernet cabling in my home office and I was connecting through WiFi and later ran cable for Ethernet.
With both the WiFi and Ethernet connected, the Mac Mini kept thinking it had discovered a computer on the network with the same name. Turning off the WiFi fixed my problem.

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