Echo TAB is not working

I'm using TAB for display a block of code with commnad:

echo -e "192.168.1.103 \t TUNG \t 30:65:ec:1f:77:b7"
echo -e "192.168.1.107 \t LCT3VCLJN2K3MCZ \t 00:1f:c6:53:a5:36"

but it display not correctly in terminal:

But I want it to be display bellow:

I'm using Ubuntu 14.04, please help me !

Thanks in advance !

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Use the column command:

$ { echo 192.168.1.103 TUNG 30:65:ec:1f:77:b7; echo 192.168.1.107 LCT3VCLJN2K3MCZ 00:1f:c6:53:a5:36;} | column -t
192.168.1.103 TUNG 30:65:ec:1f:77:b7
192.168.1.107 LCT3VCLJN2K3MCZ 00:1f:c6:53:a5:36

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