Hey,
I want to just say thanks to everyone that has helped me since I joined the forum. I appreciate everyone's advice with what equipment to get my hands on as well. I just got my rollover cable yesterday and I booted up and checked all my routers, and my switch. Unfortunately my switch came with a preset password

But, I was excited in the end, because I got to learn how to perform password recovery on the switch lol. I love the packet tracer software, but I can already tell that there is nothing like getting that "hands on" feel for the equipment. Thanks a lot for all your help so far guys!