The Signal
Online NA 104.192.227.51:28015 checked 11m ago
Measurements
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
48 hours: hourly readings. 30 to 90 days: one point a day, with the day's average and lowest fps, most entities and most memory, measured since 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 69% of all ranked servers, top 81% in NA. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Not enough wipes seen yet to tell when the next one is. Every server wipes at the monthly force wipe.
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
Peak: the most players in the first 48 hours. Crowd: whether every day of the wipe kept at least half that peak, or the day it fell below. A new world less than six hours after a wipe is a restart, not a wipe of its own.
Quick answers
Population
How does The Signal rank against other Rust servers?
The Signal ranks #15,339 on seven-day player hours, #1,509 in North America, and sits in the top 69% of all ranked servers.
How busy is The Signal?
Of its 30 slots, The Signal is using 0 right now. A seven-day average of 0 players was counted here.
Tags
What do the server tags on The Signal mean?
These are the tags The Signal publishes, as read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival in the standard Rust style; mp30 (Max players): You can join up to 30 slots; ts8 (Group limit): This is the game default: at most 8 per team; v2631 (Protocol): To join, your game must match protocol 2631; cs158240 (Build): This server runs game build 158240; ptrak (Networking): The network layer is RakNet, the game's standard; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^p (PvE): Players do not fight each other; the world supplies the danger; ^o (Oxide): Oxide (uMod) provides the plugin framework here; ^z (Modded): Plugins or settings change the game; it is listed under Modded; NA (North America): The server browser lists it under North America. Player count now, queue length and the making of the world all sit in the tags as well, and the top of this page shows them.
Which Rust Population lists and filters include The Signal?
These Rust Population lists include The Signal: Modded Rust servers, counted, PvE servers, counted and North American Rust servers. These are the filters it appears under when you browse the list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
Wipe notes
What is the wipe schedule on The Signal?
The record holds too few of The Signal's wipes to show a rhythm. The next monthly force wipe is on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC; all Rust servers wipe then, this one too. 103 days 13 hours ago the current world was made.
Settings
Which map does The Signal run?
The map on The Signal is procedural, made by the game at size 4,500 from seed 1337. Size and seed together fix the map, so you can view it on RustMaps from this page. The name on the map is Custom Map.
What are the rules and settings on The Signal?
The name tells you nothing about gather rates: The Signal states none. The group limit is 8 players, which is the default. pve is what it runs, no player combat. You find it under Modded, since plugins or settings change how it plays. You will find Oxide running as plugins. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, runs here.
About the server
Which version of Rust does The Signal run?
Rust network protocol 2631 and build 158240 on Windows is what The Signal uses. Your game needs the same protocol to join; Steam takes care of updating it.
Does The Signal run smoothly?
In the last 48 hours, it averaged 37 server fps, with a low of 17. Entities peaked at 129,899, including buildings, deployables and everything else. The highest memory usage was 3,782 MB. Lag, as players feel it, is low fps combined with a climbing entity count.
Is The Signal online, and how reliable is it?
You will find The Signal online now. The uptime it reports suggests a restart roughly 7 days 11 hours ago. It was up 99% of the time over the last 7 full days, 167 out of 168 hours. On 13 September 2026, Rust Population saw it for the first time.
Where is The Signal located?
By its NA tag, The Signal says it is in North America. Rust Population does not look up where the machine stands; it shows where the server says it is. Connect at 104.192.227.51:28015.
Getting in
How do I join The Signal?
To connect directly, open Rust's console with F1 and type client.connect 104.192.227.51:28015; or press Launch Rust on this page and Steam opens Rust and joins for you.