gistfile1.js

    var socket = io.connect('http://your ip address here..');

    socket.on('connected', function(data) {
      console.log('Connected, this is what I received : ', data);
      //you could then emit something here for the server to receive like socket.emit("blah", "helloworld") -hello world is a string of data you are passing the sever here..
    });