public static uint ConvertFromIpAddressToInteger(string ipAddress)
{
    var address = IPAddress.Parse(ipAddress);
    byte[] bytes = address.GetAddressBytes();

    // flip big-endian(network order) to little-endian
    if (BitConverter.IsLittleEndian)
    {
        Array.Reverse(bytes);
    }

    return BitConverter.ToUInt32(bytes, 0);
}

public static string ConvertFromIntegerToIpAddress(uint ipAddress)
{
    byte[] bytes = BitConverter.GetBytes(ipAddress);

    // flip little-endian to big-endian(network order)
    if (BitConverter.IsLittleEndian)
    {
        Array.Reverse(bytes);
    }

    return new IPAddress(bytes).ToString();
}