Migration Assistant won't connect to Time Capsule

I just got my MacBook Pro back from the Apple Store after repairs were done. The hard disk was wiped with Snow Leopard reinstalled. I had run backups to a Time Capsule, but did not reload all my data during the initial startup, thinking I would use Migration Assistant later.
Now I'm trying to use MA, but it won't connect to my Time Capsule. The first times I tried it over WIFI, but it seemed to hang when the percentages were being calculated for the various categories of data. Now I'm trying with an ethernet connection, and MA seems to hang when its connecting.
Does anyone have any ideas of how I can recover my data and install it again on my MBP?
Was thinking of updating to Mavericks while I was at it, but should I fix the backup problem first?
Thanks for any ideas,
Jon

I read somewhere else that I should not try to backup my new installation to TC because of the risk it will affect my previous store on it.
When I loaded Mountain Lion and later Mavericks, I continued to use the same backup with no problems.
TC does not appear in the list of drives. Is that a problem?
Ignore the Disk Utility idea. My brain wasn't working right. Network attached storage won't show up in Disk Utility.
Will the computer back up to the Time Capsule? If so, it could be Migration Assistant that isn't working correctly.
See A5.
Time Machine Troubleshooting

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