Converting from hex to string

Question

I need to check for a string located inside a packet that I receive as byte array. If I use BitConverter.ToString(), I get the bytes a

Answer 1

 string hexString = "8E2";
 int num = Int32.Parse(hexString, System.Globalization.NumberStyles.HexNumber);
 Console.WriteLine(num);
 //Output: 2274

From https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb311038.aspx