COS Explorer access troubleshooting

when logging in to cos explorer, there are some common issues that might crop up site cannot be reached if you log in to cos explorer and get following error screen, you are blocked by the firewall to unblock your access contact your internal it department to see if your organization enforces firewall rules for outbound traffic if they do, ensure that your access to cos explorer is not blocked see cos explorer ip whitelist if there are no firewall rules for outbound traffic, c ontact your internal it department to make sure you're connecting to the cross river cos explorer portal from an approved ip address if you need to register more ip addresses, send an email to cos support multifactor authorization invalid mfa code if you enter an invalid mfa code, a red message under the code field asks you to try again a code could be invalid because code timeout if the code timed out before you clicked continue (and is therefore invalid), you need to generate a new code some authenticator apps indicate the time remaining for the code to be valid by showing a countdown circle to the right of the account name and mfa code wrong code if you have the authenticator app set up for multiple cross river environments or applications, double check that you entered the correct code for logging into cos explorer if you are using the authentication app for more than one environment or application, we recommend that you give a meaningful name to each mfa connection reset multifactor authentication if you already have mfa configured log in to https //idptest crbcos com/ https //idptest crbcos com/ click account settings click reset your mfa device if your current mfa is sms, you can enable mfa with your authenticator app reset mfa if you change phones if you need to use a new device download the authenticator app to your new phone l og in to cos explorer and authenticate using your old phone create a new user for your new phone if you can't create a user or if you don't succeed in authenticating with your new phone, ask your organization admin to reset the mfa you'll go through the initial cos explorer access again if you lose your phone you'll need to cos explorer access troubleshooting /#use a recovery code and then reset your mfa for your new phone create new recovery codes you can also create new multifactor authentication recovery codes from the reset screen note that you are only allowed to create new recovery codes 10 times click create new multi factor authentication recovery codes the recovery codes page opens and you can copy or download your 10 new recovery codes use a recovery code if you do not have access to your multifactor (2 factor) authenticator, you can log in using one of your recovery codes log in as usual on the multifactor authentication page, select the option to use a recovery code as your authentication option enter one of your recovery codes in the text box once you've used it, the recovery code cannot be reused to avoid future confusion, we recommend that you mark the recovery code as used forgot password in the login screen, click forgot password? and enter your email generate a 6 digit authentication code from your authenticator app and enter it in the field we send you a forgot password email click reset password in the body of the email in the password reset page that opens, enter a new password, click reset password , and continue to the application account lockout if you enter the wrong password for your username 5 times, the system locks your account for approximately 5 minutes if after 5 minutes, you are still unable to access your account, contact cos support