Adhoc network - Authorized?

Installing and Using OpenWrt
1

I have an adhoc network setup between two routers on this:

cat /etc/openwrt_release
DISTRIB_ID='LEDE'
DISTRIB_RELEASE='17.01.0'
DISTRIB_REVISION='r3205-59508e3'
DISTRIB_CODENAME='reboot'
DISTRIB_TARGET='ar71xx/generic'
DISTRIB_ARCH='mips_24kc'
DISTRIB_DESCRIPTION='LEDE Reboot 17.01.0 r3205-59508e3'
DISTRIB_TAINTS='no-all'

I have this installed:
wpad - 2016-12-19-ad02e79d-2

I think I have everything configured correctly in both wireless config files.
When I do a station dump I get this:

   inactive time:  5140 ms
   rx bytes:       23568
   rx packets:     251
   tx bytes:       2251
   tx packets:     18
   tx retries:     0
   tx failed:      0
   rx drop misc:   31
   signal:         -65 [-76, -71, -67] dBm
   signal avg:     -65 [-74, -70, -66] dBm
   tx bitrate:     6.0 MBit/s
   authorized:     no
   authenticated:  yes
   associated:     yes
   preamble:       long
   WMM/WME:        yes
   MFP:            no
   TDLS peer:      no
   DTIM period:    0
   beacon interval:100
   short slot time:yes
   connected time: 16 seconds

It only stays connected for a short time (up to 1 minute) and then disconnects and re-connects.
It seems that my problem is likely related to the "authorized" being "no".

So, my questions are:
What does authorized "no" mean?
What is the best way to go about troubleshooting this issue?

Thanks!

Eric

2

please send details ( f.i. /etc/config/wireless)
on mesh networks like freifunk or libremesh there is no such "1 minute disconnect".

here is a part of our wireless config (of course all device have to have at least same channel.)

config wifi-iface 'radio0_iface'
option mode 'adhoc'
option mcast_rate '6000'
option encryption 'none'
option device 'radio0'
option network 'wireless0'
option ssid 'leipzig.freifunk.net'
option bssid '02:CA:FF:EE:BA:BE'

3

Here is the wireless config (for the adhoc radio) on the first router:

config wifi-device 'radio0'
    option type 'mac80211'
    option hwmode '11a'
    option path 'pci0000:00/0000:00:00.0/0000:01:00.0'
    option channel '149'
    option country 'US'
    option txpower '17'
    option noscan '1'
    option htmode 'HT40'

config wifi-iface 'default_radio0'
    option device 'radio0' 
    option network 'mesh'
    option mode 'adhoc'
	option encryption 'psk2'
    option ssid 'bSzm0mV2T5f15521'
    option key '6a71352dfc528fdde82fddc233021600c57544a214565ae471ea929867177f7'
    option bssid '78:A3:51:2B:67:C5'

This is the wireless config for the second router:

config wifi-device 'radio0'
    option type 'mac80211'
    option hwmode '11a'
    option path 'pci0000:00/0000:00:00.0'
    option channel '149'
    option country 'US'
    option txpower '17'
    option noscan '1'
    option htmode 'HT40'

config wifi-iface 'default_radio0'
    option device 'radio0'
    option network 'mesh'
    option mode 'adhoc'
    option encryption 'psk2'
    option ssid 'bSzm0mV2T5f15521'
    option key '6a71352dfc528fdde82fddc233021600c57544a214565ae471ea929867177f7'
    option bssid '78:A3:51:2B:67:C5'
4

so you try to test a wpa2-encrypted ad-hoc!?

there is also a small german ongoing discussion, it seems to work with openwrt :-o


i also found https://forum.openwrt.org/viewtopic.php?id=39659
cite:
It seems that wpad will work if compiled with "CONFIG_IBSS_RSN=y