Cambo,
I am not 100% on the new Cisco Requirements for the CCNA, but if I was going to do it again I would:
Purchase Routers and Switches. The investment is quite minimal right now because of the new requirements for the CCNP, which is making allot of useful CCNA equipment cheaper.
I would go with the newest Cisco Press CCNA books.
I would purchase a CCNA lab book to work through labs.
I had purchased a CCNA Virtual Lab to use when I started. It had allot of labs and choices for interfaces and hardware to configure virtually. I think it is very helpful, but as I study for my CCNP i am opting for actual equipment over Virtual software. I also plan to eventually obtain a CCIE so I might as well build my lab now.
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