The Signal
Online NA 104.192.227.51:28015 checked 13m ago
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
daily · 1 is bestTop 72% of all ranked servers, top 83% 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
newest first| 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.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Server tags
Can you explain the tags on The Signal?
Here are the tags The Signal lists, which the game's browser uses: gmrust (Game mode): Survival as standard Rust plays; mp30 (Max players): 30 player slots; ts8 (Group limit): Teams cap at 8, the standard game limit; v2631 (Protocol): To join, your game version must line up with protocol 2631; cs158240 (Build): It runs on build 158240; ptrak (Networking): The game's usual network layer, RakNet, is used; $r? (Region code): No region code is set; ^p (PvE): No player-on-player fighting: the danger comes from the world; ^o (Oxide): It uses Oxide (uMod) for plugins; ^z (Modded): Modded: plugins or settings change how it plays; NA (North America): In the server browser it sits under North America. Player numbers, queue length and world age are tagged as well, and they sit at the top of this page.
Where does The Signal appear in the lists and filters on Rust Vending Machine?
These Rust Vending Machine lists include The Signal: Modded Rust servers, PvE Rust servers in stock and North America Rust servers. It shows under these filters on the server list: Region: North America; Type: Modded; Game mode: PvE; Server tag: PvE ^p, Modded ^z and Oxide ^o; Group limit: 5 or more.
Rules & map
Which map is currently on The Signal?
A procedural map, size 4,500 with seed 1337, generated by the game, is what The Signal runs. You can view it on RustMaps from this page, since the same size and seed give the same map. You will see the map name as: Custom Map.
What rules does The Signal enforce, and what settings does it run?
No gather rate is given in the name of The Signal. The group limit is 8 players, the game's default. This server runs pve, no player-versus-player fighting. The server browser lists it as Modded: plugins or settings alter the game. Oxide plugins are running on it. VAC, Valve's anti-cheat, is enabled.
Server info
Where can you find The Signal?
With its NA tag, The Signal lists in North America. A server's stated location is what Rust Vending Machine shows; the actual machine location is not looked up. Find it at this address: 104.192.227.51:28015.
How stable is The Signal, and is it currently online?
Open for trade right now: The Signal is online. Its uptime figure puts the last restart at roughly 12 days 14 hours ago. Over 7 full days, the shelves were stocked for 144 of 168 hours (86%). It came to Rust Vending Machine's notice on 13 September 2026.
Is The Signal lag-free?
The 48-hour average for server fps is 52, and the floor was 35. The entity count reached 129,681: that includes buildings, deployables and everything else. Memory use peaked at 4,343 MB. What players call lag comes from low fps and an entity count on the rise.
Which Rust build is The Signal running?
The setup: The Signal on Windows, Rust network protocol 2631 and build 158240. Joining needs the same protocol on your game; Steam handles the update for you.
Live players
How does The Signal compare to other Rust servers in the rankings?
The last seven days of player hours place The Signal at #15,923, in the top 72% of all ranked servers and #1,542 in North America.
Is The Signal busy at the moment?
You will find 0 players filling 30 slots in The Signal as things stand. Over the last seven days you would have seen 0 players on average.
Wipe info
On what schedule does The Signal wipe?
The wipes of The Signal on record are too few to show its rhythm. When the monthly force wipe arrives on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, every Rust server wipes. It has been running its current world since 89 days 5 hours ago.
Join the server
What is the way to join The Signal?
Press F1 in Rust to bring up the console and enter client.connect 104.192.227.51:28015. Alternatively, the Launch Rust option on this page opens Rust via Steam and joins for you.
Server tags
what each one meansPublished as mp30,ptrak,$r?,v2631,^p,NA,gmrust,cs158240,ts8,^o^z
Game
gmrust
mp30
ts8
v2631
cs158240
ptrak
$r?
Gameplay
^p
Mods and access
^o
^z
Region
NA
Players now (cp), the queue (qp) and the wipe time (born) are in the tag string too; they change every few minutes and are shown at the top of the page. Flag meanings are Facepunch's.
