Number after computer name

I am using Apple Remote Desktop on a Mac Pro to administer a Macbook Air.
When the Air joins the network or wakes up from sleep, ARD sees it as a new machine with the same name, so it adds a serial number in parentheses to the name (e.g. MyMbAir becomes MyMbAir(1), then later MyMbAir(2), etc.).
What is causing this behavior and how can I solve it?
These may be related:
https://discussions.apple.com/message/11560605#11560605
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/2396328?threadID=2396328&tstart=0
Cheers,
MB

This is really annoying, as it not only "appears" in *my* copy of ARD as an admin, but it *LITERALLY* changes the machine name in the remote computer, such that I have to connect, go to ITS Sharing area in System Preferences and manally delete the stupid (#) entry after its name.
As more and more of my administered users move to laptops, this started, so the idea of going to/from wireless seems the best explanation, although so does the sleep idea in other threads.
I really wish ARD had better support (and an iOS version too!), b/c this is still relevant over a year later...
Thanks to you both for at least explaining why this keeps happening (and why I might as well forget about playing whack-a-mole with (#) entries on every managed system)!

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In your Example there would already be a device called "corporate001" in your zone.
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Most likely, your rules rely upon MAC and/or SN and this changed instead of relying upon Workstation Name.
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