compare integer to inet

Greetings,

Considering that this can be done:

network=# SELECT '0.0.0.0'::inet + 702545920;
?column?
------------
41.224.0.0
(1 row)

How can I perform an operation similar to this that works?

network=# select case when '41.224.0.0'::inet = 702545920 then true else false end;
ERROR: operator does not exist: inet = integer
LINE 1: select case when '41.224.0.0'::inet = 702545920 then true el...
^
HINT: No operator matches the given name and argument type(s). You might need to add explicit type casts.

network=# select case when '41.224.0.0'::inet = 702545920::inet then true else false end;
ERROR: cannot cast type integer to inet
LINE 1: select case when '41.224.0.0'::inet = 702545920::inet then t...

I'm guessing that there is some internal postgres function that performs the integer to IP address conversion in the first example, but I am at a loss to identify it.

The reason I ask for this is that we have a dataset that contains ranges of IP addresses, associated with countries, where the addresses are represented as integers (bigints).

Thanks for the pointer.

Bill MacArthur