guest@guest:~$ ifconfig; route; ping -c 5 192.168.42.129
lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:56214 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:56214 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:3500476 (3.5 MB)  TX bytes:3500476 (3.5 MB)

usb0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 4e:cb:76:30:f3:b5
          inet addr:192.168.42.193  Bcast:192.168.42.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
          inet6 addr: fe80::4ccb:76ff:fe30:f3b5/64 Scope:Link
          UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:39017 errors:3 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:3
          TX packets:27075 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:52122899 (52.1 MB)  TX bytes:3774241 (3.7 MB)

Kernel IP routing table
Destination     Gateway         Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
192.168.42.0    *               255.255.255.0   U     1      0        0 usb0
link-local      *               255.255.0.0     U     1000   0        0 usb0
default         192.168.42.129  0.0.0.0         UG    0      0        0 usb0
PING 192.168.42.129 (192.168.42.129) 56(84) bytes of data.
64 bytes from 192.168.42.129: icmp_req=1 ttl=64 time=2.51 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.42.129: icmp_req=2 ttl=64 time=2.43 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.42.129: icmp_req=3 ttl=64 time=2.52 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.42.129: icmp_req=4 ttl=64 time=0.524 ms
64 bytes from 192.168.42.129: icmp_req=5 ttl=64 time=0.522 ms

--- 192.168.42.129 ping statistics ---
5 packets transmitted, 5 received, 0% packet loss, time 4003ms
rtt min/avg/max/mdev = 0.522/1.703/2.521/0.964 ms