Yosemite Upgrade inaccessible MacPro AirPort Extreme Card

Hi
We got a MacPro Late 2009 with a MacPro Airport Extreme Card built in. After upgrading to Yosemite (10.10.2, from 10.6), AirPort Utility Application does not show the AirPort Extreme Card anymore; therefore I cannot access the AirPort Extreme Card for configuration. No AirPort signal either.
Hardwareinfo displayed:
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  Kartentyp: AirPort Extreme  (0x14E4, 0x88)
  Firmware-Version: Broadcom BCM43xx 1.0 (5.10.131.36.16)
  MAC-Adresse: 00:1d:4f:ff:b4:83
  Locale: ETSI
  Länderkennung: CH
  Unterstützte PHY-Modi: 802.11 a/b/g/n
  Unterstützte Kanäle: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 36, 40, 44, 48, 52, 56, 60, 64, 100, 104, 108, 112, 116, 120, 124, 128, 132, 136, 140
  Ruhezustand bei drahtlosem Zugriff beenden: Unterstützt
  Status: Aus
Any suggestions?
Thanks for your help! Martin

Sonnet just announced a product that looks inhteresting. Currently I'm using a wireless bridge and am looking for an internal wireless card myself.
http://www.sonnettech.com/product/ariaextremen.html

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