The Pearson VUE voucher store price list shows the Dell Certification 100% Prepaid Voucher at $230.00; Dell's own store listing on the exam page prices the Networking Foundations Exam Voucher at 230 USD.
Dell's published exam topics table splits the exam across seven networking categories, from 5% to 40% each.
The single heaviest category on the blueprint - Ethernet addressing, LLDP, VLANs, STP, LAG, and storage networking features - carries two fifths of the exam.
Fail once and you wait 7 days to retake; after a second failure the wait is at least 14 days between attempts, at full price each time.
What the Networking Foundations Exam Actually Tests
D-NWG-FN-23 is Dell Technologies' entry networking skill certification. Dell's own exam description says it validates the ability to perform basic skill level tasks in installing, configuring, maintaining, and troubleshooting Dell Technologies Networking products. The target audience is unusually broad - from associate sales engineers and pre-sales solution architects through cloud consultants, infrastructure administrators, systems engineers, and technical support - because this credential sits underneath several Dell tracks.
The published exam topics table lands in seven weighted categories, and the weighting tells you exactly where to point preparation. Ethernet Technologies carries 40% on its own: addressing and framing, LLDP, VLANs, STP, and LAG operation, the commands to configure and verify each, and common storage networking features. IP Networking adds 25%: private versus public addressing, IPv4 properties, IPv6 formats and types, Layer 3 forwarding logic, and static versus dynamic routing. Between those two categories sits 65% of the exam.
One honesty note you will not get from most prep sites: Dell does not publish a question count, a time limit, or a passing score on the public exam page. Any site quoting an exact D-NWG-FN-23 duration or pass percentage is guessing. What Dell does publish is the category weighting below, the language list (English and French), and the delivery routes - and that is what this page is built on.
| # | Exam topic category | Weight |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Networking Essentials (devices, cabling, initial switch configuration) | 5% |
| 2 | Ethernet Technologies (addressing, LLDP, VLANs, STP, LAG, storage networking) | 40% |
| 3 | IP Networking (IPv4, IPv6, Layer 3 forwarding, static vs dynamic routing) | 25% |
| 4 | Networking Services (DHCP, NTP) | 5% |
| 5 | Security Essentials (switch access, local authentication, ACLs) | 10% |
| 6 | Network Operations (file transfer, connectivity, OS upgrade, SNMP) | 10% |
| 7 | Automation (Smart Fabric Services) | 5% |
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At Home via OnVUE or at a Pearson Test Center
Dell's exam page states it directly: skill certification exams are proctored exams administered through Pearson VUE testing centers and OnVUE. The Pearson VUE Dell Technologies program page repeats the same sentence - this exam can be sat online from your own home or office under OnVUE's published requirements, or in person at a Pearson test center. You pick the route that fits your situation.
At home, Pearson's published OnVUE rules apply: a private room, a reliable connection, a working webcam and microphone, and the identity check at check-in. At a center, Pearson's standard admission rules apply instead. Either way, the exam is the same proctored Dell skill certification, computer scored immediately with a provisional report at the end.
Both delivery routes are scheduled through Pearson VUE against a voucher. Cancellation inside 24 hours of the appointment triggers a same-day forfeit fee, and a no-show forfeits the full fee - so the scheduling decision is made once, correctly, around your real window.
What D-NWG-FN-23 Costs, Including the Retake Math
The Pearson VUE voucher store price list for Dell Technologies, US region, lists the Dell Certification 100% Prepaid Voucher at $230.00 - that is the per-attempt price for D-NWG-FN-23. Dell's own store listing on the exam page independently shows the Dell Networking Foundations Exam Voucher at 230 USD and the Networking Foundations Practice Test Voucher at 50 USD, plus a recommended on-demand course at 2,040 USD for candidates who want formal training.
Now the retake math, because that is where an unplanned sitting gets expensive. Fail the first attempt and you wait 7 days to retake, paying another $230. Fail a second time and every additional attempt carries at least a 14-day wait, again at full price. Two failed attempts means $460 in vouchers plus the lost weeks. The alternative to the retake ladder is a sitting that is planned to pass once.
The service fee is separate from Dell's own costs, and it is due only after the agreed result posts. You see the full picture - voucher, any practice-test spend, and the service terms - before anything is booked.
Where Networking Candidates Actually Lose the Exam
The weighting tells you where the risk sits. Ethernet Technologies at 40% is not a definitions category: Dell's published objectives expect you to describe how Ethernet addressing and framing operate, explain the operation and behavior of LLDP, VLANs, STP, and LAG, and identify the commands to configure and verify each of them. Candidates who can recite what a VLAN is but have never verified one on a switch lose the category that decides the exam.
IP Networking at 25% is the second pillar: private versus public addressing, IPv4 address properties, the IPv6 address format and address types, the forwarding logic Layer 3 devices use, and the difference between static and dynamic routing. This is routing-and-switching fundamentals at command depth, and it punishes candidates whose exposure is wireless-first or cloud-console-first.
The quieter 30% still matters. Security Essentials expects switch access control, local authentication configuration, and ACL use; Network Operations expects file transfers to and from switches, connectivity troubleshooting, the recommended steps of a switch OS upgrade, and SNMP monitoring enablement; Automation expects the role and advantages of Smart Fabric Services. Candidates who treat the exam as two categories and skip the operational tail leave pass-margin points on the table.
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What Networking Professionals Say
The networking credential was blocking my pre-sales track. They confirmed the coverage against Dell's own exam page, handled the sitting at home via OnVUE, and I paid after the pass posted to CertTracker.
My day job is wireless and cloud consoles - I had never verified STP or LAG on a Dell switch at command depth. The feasibility call was honest about that gap, the sitting was handled end to end, and the fee only moved after the result.
A colleague failed on the Ethernet section before me. I sent my window and deadline, got a straight answer, and had the credential inside two weeks.
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