House wiring 1

[obsinator]

Hey all!
So, I'm moving from my house to an apartment, and I have to (want to!) set up new wiring.
However I'm not an expert, and thus have TONS of questions.

1) I'm guessing copper twisted pair RJ45s will do the job fine? Fiber would be overkill considering costs?
2) Crossover or straight-through?
3) Cat5e, 6, 6a, 7, 8? I want the wiring to be as future-proof as possible. The area should be getting FTTH in a year or two, maybe three, and I want to be ready for the high speeds it will entail. I already have a gigabit router, and want the computers on the network to be able to access my NAS as quickly as possible for quick back-ups.
4) As for shielding, UTP, FTP, STP or S/FTP?
5) I heard I can use these twisted pair cables for an analog RJ11 phone? So I could have like 2 CatX's going to a room, each ending in an RJ45 and an RJ11 to connect the modem for example? (aka getting the DSL to the modem and then into the network via the RJ45)
6) Aside from adequate cables, are there any other things I should plan for the arrival of Fiber?
7) To I need/want a patch panel or a distribution frame?

My network consists of 4 computers connected to a switch, which also connects to a webserver and a NAS, as well as a media-PC (a popcorn hour to be precise).

 

[notme11]

1) COPPER
2) STARIGHT
3)Cat 5e does 10 meg, 100 meg, and gigabit Ethernet all to 100 meters.
Cat 6 does 10 meg, 100 meg, and gigabit Ethernet all to 100 meters, and 10 gig Ethernet to 55 meters.
Cat 6A does 10 meg, 100 meg, gigabit and 10 gig Ethernet all to 100 meters
4)UTP IS ENOUGH
5)YOU CAN SPLIT CABLES ,BUT I WOULD RUN SEPARETE CABLES FOR THE PHONE LINES.
6)NO
7)PATCH PANELS ARE THE EASIEST WAY CONNECT.

 

[obsinator]

Thanks for the answers.
Should I use lower spec cables (than Cat 6a's for data) for the phones only?

 

[trvlr1]

If I were doing this I would only use CAT 5e. This will give you all the speed you will likely ever need in such a small environment and be cheaper than installing CAT 6 cable and connectors. Double drops will take care of voice and data, but you can run analog dial tone over almost any class of wire. Putting in double CAT 5e will give you the option to have 2 data drops in the future if you ever need that.

That being said, have you considered wireless for your data?

 

[PHLIPdI7Hd]

I'd go with wireless since it's an apartment and I assume you're renting.