Greetings,
We are facing the following problem:
We have several independent groups of computer. Each group of computers (about 2- 4 computers) is connected to a different router (we use home routers such as Linksys, Netgear, etc).
In many cases we need to perform some operations on the router (operations such as "port forwarding", password changing, etc). The way we do it right now, is we physically take one of our laptops, connect the laptop to the router, and log in the router to perform the operations needed.
We are looking for a more convenient way to do this. Ideally we would like to have one dedicated computer that can access all the routers without the need to change wires. We read somewhere that a VLAN switch can be used here and were wondering if that is true? Is it possible to connect all the routers and the dedicated computer to a VLAN switch and then programmatically configure the VLAN switch to connect port "x" to port "y"? If so, do we need a specific VLAN switch or any kind can be used?
My apologies if this is the wrong place to post this.