Techniques described herein relate to a method for load balancing. In one or more embodiments, the method selects a server from a plurality of servers to process a communication from a host. Network details for the server and the host are saved during a control session to set up the communication. Then, the method stores the network details in a rule in a data plane and relays media traffic between the host and the server for a media session for the communication using the network details in the rule in the data plane.