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Naming Netboot Clients

I have been trying to name client machines something other than NetBoot001. In the documentation there are clues/suggestions that this can be done. According to the documentation, 'man bootpd', the section for /config/NetBootServer shows the machine_name_format attribute which seems to be where 'NetBoot001' is defined. Since this is not defined in my NetInfo database, I am sure that it must be the default.

In the 'man bootpd' section immediately following, BOOTP/DHCP Static Bindings, it suggests that I can define everything that I want to for hosts. Choosing an ethernet address, ip address, and machine name. The trouble is when I configure this on the server, the client does not use this information! It still uses the NetBoot001. The computer name is NetBoot001 and the hostname is Administrators-computer.local (which is from the imaged/cloned drive).

I thought the routers DHCP server was getting in the way, so I disabled the feature and rebooted the world. Still no luck.

I would like to name computers with the classroom and table number, because NetBoot001 isn't much help from finding the machine. Also, am I able to differentiate the machine on Remote Access if all the machines automatically log into a local account (defined on the NetBoot image)? Won't all the users look like the same person?
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