At the top click servers the connect addresses are the ips. Get on minecraft and click "multiplayer" then "add server" and put the ip on the bottom line of it. Then click connect
The IPs* to our servers are: SMP1 - smp1.EmpireMinecraft.com SMP2 - smp2.EmpireMinecraft.com SMP3 - smp3.EmpireMinecraft.com SMP4 - smp4.EmpireMinecraft.com *Actual IPs are colored in red. Type the whole IPs in the address box, then choose a name for the server, and voilĂ ! You can connect to The Empire!
i do this then i get java.net socket exception connection reset??? i am not very technically sound so if you could explain how to fix in lhamons terms.
There are numerous active threads containing information regarding downgrading to 1.1 version, a quick peruse of them should see you playing again soon.