Home Server Set Up - DNS, DHCP etc

Hi
I'm looking to set up a Mountain Lion Server at home.
I have a Lion Server but I think I will wipe it and start again, mainly because I didn't use a particularly good name to begin with. I've read the We Got Served Mountain Lion Server book, Mountain Lion Server for Dummies and Apples Documentation.
I am planning to set up in the following way:
Turn my Virgin Media router 'Modem Only' mode on.
Turn on my AirPort Extreme and set it up as the DHCP server.
I will set up a pool of IP addresses.
Question 1 - I think the best way is to make a reserved IP address for my server within this pool rather than a static IP address outside of the pool (but within the subnet). Any comments on this?
Question 2 - I need to boot my Lion Server to get the MAC address for the reservation. Should I set the reservation IP as the IP the DHCP server provides or set it up to an unused IP address? I will set up DHCP to distribute DNS server names.
Question 3 - Because I want my Mountain Lion Server to provide Directory Services I need to set up the Mountain Lion Server as a DNS server. Is this correct?
The DNS servers I will get the DHCP server to provide in the following order:
1 My Mountain Lion Server
2 My 1st Virgin Media DNS Server
3 My 2nd Virgin Media DNS Server (not sure I can set up a 3rd DNS server)
I am not going to use a Google DNS or another open DNS because they are located in the US and this affects caching of internet content.
When I set up my Mountain Lion Server I am in two minds about going for a public internet registered domain or a private domain.
Question 4 - Are there any limitations in using the registered public domain as opposed to a private domain with VPN. If I need access to any of my machines remotely I tend to use LogMeIn form my iPad. But I am tempted (just because its there) to set up a public internet address and using it. If I did go for the public domain I would need to use a dynamic DNS service (like Dyn.com) because I don't have a static IP. However if I didn't I would only need to change my public DNS entry if I rebooted my router (and I may not even then as its IP address may not be reassigned).
If I don’t need remote access to my server very often then this would be acceptable.
Question 5 - If I did go the full internet way (as opposed to the .private domain) what do I register at dyn.com? Just my domain, then add a record for the server.
1. Register ‘example.com’
2. Add a record at Dyn.com for ‘server.example.com’.
3. On my server set up put ‘server’ in the Computer Name field
4. On the ‘Host Name’ field enter ‘server.example.com’.
Question 6 – Bonjour and DNS. Aside from whether I go for a public registered domain or a private domain (and access via VPN or LogMeIn) how do these settings affect the Bonjour set up? My understanding is the Bonjour uses .local. So what is the resolution path? If I set up a DNS server on my Mountain Lion Server do I need to enter a record for each local laptop in the house or can I leave that to Bonjour? My understanding is the Bonjour will continue for all local address resolution and the Mountain Lion DNS will take care of resolving the server name (for Directory Services and any other services). Is this right will DNS be used for file and print services on the server?
Any thoughts/answers/comments/casual abuse welcome.
Thanks

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>
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>
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> respectively.
>
> Since I want to move those services to OES/Linux and the java console
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