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IT Support Trends for 2026: What SMEs Should Prepare For
22 Mar, 2026







£145.43 inc. VAT
AI-generated summary
For £120.95 ex-VAT, the TP-Link Omada AX5400 ceiling-mount WiFi 6 AP is a decent “small office / light retail” pick—especially if you’re already on (or willing to use) the Omada controller. The upside is manageability: Omada is genuinely useful in real deployments because you can centrally set up SSIDs, roaming behavior, and basic policy without having to touch every ceiling tile. If you’ve got multiple APs across one site, that’s where you’ll feel the value quickly.
That said, I wouldn’t buy it if you’re running a single, standalone AP for one tiny room and you just want something to “work.” You’ll pay a bit for the ecosystem and ceiling mounting hardware when the savings don’t really show. Also, “AX5400” sounds bigger than it feels in the real world—through walls and down corridors, performance will depend heavily on layout and interference, so plan positioning rather than expecting magic. Overall: worth it for resellers installing managed WiFi in SMEs, but overkill for basic DIY setups.

TP-Link
TP-Link Omada EAP235-Wall - Radio access point - Wi-Fi 5 - 2.4 GHz, 5 GHz - wall mountable

Zyxel
Zyxel NWA50BE, BE5100, Wi-Fi 6 & Wi-Fi 7, Dual Radio 2x2 MU-MIMO, PoE+ (802.3at), Standalone/Nebula Cloud Managed Including Power Adapter

ALLIED TELESIS
IEEE 802.11ax wireless access point with dual band radios and embedded antenna. This model supports Wi-Fi 6 technology with 8 spatial streams for 5GHz band. AC power adapter not included.

Zyxel
Zyxel NWA90BEPRO, BE6500, (2.4GHz: 2x2:2, 5GHz or 6GHz: 2x2:2), Wi-Fi 6 & Wi-Fi 7, MU-MIMO, Dual Radio 2.4 and 5 or 6GHz, 1 x 2.5G LAN Ports, PoE+ (802.3at), Standalone/Nebula Cloud Including Power Adapter