Hi again, and thanks to those who replied. I solved the problem by setting the channel of the AirPort Base to 11. I've discovered that the two old AirPort cards are capable to choose from channels 1-11 (that is, from 1 to 11), while the new card can choose only from channels 10-13. The AirPort Base was set on channel 1, hence the «blindness» of the new AirPort card towards the Base.