How Do I Create an Account?
Registration is open and takes one short form. You choose a username and a password, give an email address, name the networking certification you are aiming at, accept the terms and clear a challenge — with no administrator approval to wait for and no confirmation email to click before you can start.
Most of the form is ordinary sign-up. One field is not, and it is the one worth reading twice: the certification you select points the account at a specific track from the very first screen, before you have taken a single sitting.
What the Registration Form Asks For
- A username and an email address: the email is where account messages are sent, a password reset among them, so it is worth giving one you can reach
- A password you set yourself: chosen at sign-up and held to complexity rules when you set it — there is no verification email to confirm first, so the account is live once the form is accepted
- Your Certification Exam: a required choice from the site’s list of exam codes, naming the networking or infrastructure track you are preparing for
- A Probable Exam Date: optional — set it if you have a sitting booked, leave it blank if you have not
- Acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use: a checkbox that links out to the terms so you can read them before you agree
- A reCAPTCHA challenge: the automated-signup guard you will meet again each time you sign in
Choosing Your Networking Certification Track at Sign-Up
The Certification Exam field is the one that makes the account yours rather than generic. The site lists exams by their code, not by the vendor’s name, and a single vendor may own many codes, so naming yours at registration aims the account at the exact track you are studying. It commits you to nothing and costs nothing — it is a statement of what you are working towards, and it sits perfectly well alongside a demo you take for free while you decide.
One form, no approval and no confirmation step: a username, a password, the networking certification you are aiming at, the terms and a challenge, and the account is ready to use.
