Rabbit has a good basic solution for you and is how I control the small home network (in fact, the router acts as my DHCP and I have rules that block Internet access for anything without a logged MAC, secured the wireless (I don't even let it broadcast), the firewall has a program component that I can install on each authorized PC, and so forth)
SysInternals has some of the better freeware type tools:
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/s.../bb795532.aspx is one page for active directory. You can do a search for others there and they have some networking stuff too... and there is some pay-for commercial suites.
Then there is this article
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/fiv...42?tag=nl.e550 mind you it's just one person's opinion
Switches are normally like coax-cable splitters so maybe not so much help... however the managed ones should allow you to at least shunt or kill a specific connection:
http://www.netgear.com/business/prod...e/default.aspx
Much past this and someone with more current understanding than I have will have to help you.