Deciphering byte stream returned from server

I writing a VB application that:

(1) queries a game master server to receive a list of
IP addresses and Port numbers of servers running a
particular game.  

(2) query the individual game servers and return information
such as ping, current map, max number of players and actual
number of players on the server.

I have #2 down (assuming I feed it known IPs and Port numbers.)

I'm having trouble with #1

The documentation for this process is pretty thin:

"... server returns the following:
 -1 (a four byte integer, i.e. FF, FF, FF, FF)
 'f' (single ASCII char)
 '\r' (ASCII carriage return)

 Unique_ID (4 byte unique ID number)

 IP address (4 bytes, highest octect first)
 Port number (2 byte integer, big endian format)"


Here is a breakdown of the first 16 bytes that my app.
received from the master server:


Cloumn |Byte      |Ascii/
No.       |Received|Chr$
-----------------------
 1         |ÿ            |255
 2         |ÿ            |255
 3         |ÿ            |255
 4         |ÿ            |255
 5         |f             |102
 6         |vbCr       |13
 7         |p            |112
 8         |t             |116
 9         |           |2
10        |              |0
11        |Ï             |207
12        |¾           |190
13        |           |18
14        |6            |54
15        |i             |105
16        |‡            |135

This is what I know:

Bytes 1 - 4 are four consecutive bytes of '\0' in C/C++ or
chr$(255) in VB - the 32-bit integer -1

Byte 5 is the ascii character 'f'

Byte 6 is the ascii carriage return character '\r' in C/C++ or
chr$(13) in VB

Bytes 7 - 9 are the Unique ID number for each batch of IPs and
Ports from the Master Server (4 bytes)

Bytes 11-14 are the IP address (4 bytes - highest octect first)

Bytes 15&16 are the Port (a 16-bit integer) for the preceding IP
(2 bytes - big endian format: the "big end" of the 2 byte word is sent
first)

What I don't know is how to convert the bytes for IP and Port correctly.

Another quote:
"With Bytes 15 and 16 (the port number in big endian format) the port
number is 27015 (0x69, 0x87 hex). It is sent as chr$(105), then chr$(135),
not as chr$(135) then chr$(105) (like a NORMAL Intel integer)."

QUESTION#1=> How do you translate four consecutive bytes of chr$(255) to -1?

QUESTION#2=> What would the IP address be of chr$(207), chr$(190), chr$(18), chr$(54)?

QUESTION#2=> How do you get 27015 out of chr$(105) and chr$(135)?
I know that hex(105) = 69 and hex(135) = 87. How do you arrive at 27015?

Thanks!
Greg